I. War
Bonds
Loans made by
citizens to the
Government –
$ repaid over
several years
with interest
II. Posters:
Wartime
Propaganda
((trying to persuade the
opinions & actions of
others((
Germans also used propaganda
“Think of the
Children” – child
threatened by British
serpent
Women
and the
War
Effort
III.
Red Cross Nurses
Woman Ambulance Driver
French Women Factory Workers
German Women Factory Workers
Munitions Workers
Working in the Fields
Russian Women Soldiers
AfricanAmericans
and the
War Effort
IV.
Opportunities for
African-Americans in WW1
“Great Migration.”
African Americans moved
north 1916 – 1919 
70,000
War industries work.
Enlistment in segregated
units.
True Sons of Freedom
African-Americans on a Troop
Ship Headed for France
V. New
Immigrants
and the
War Effort
VI. Change
in Civil
Liberties
A. Government threatened
Civil Liberties of Americans
1. Espionage Act
- forbid actions
that discouraged soldiers
from signing up for the military.
-Schenck v. U.S. – Supreme Court said
OK to punishing man who distributed
antiwar leaflets (1st Amendment?)
2. Sedition Act – 1918
- it was a crime to speak against the
purchase of war bonds, about the
U.S. Govt., the U.S. Constitution, or
the U.S. armed forces.
B. Anti-German sentiment rose across the nation. The
names of German-sounding schools, foods, streets, and
towns, were often changed. German-Americans accused
of being "pro-German" were tarred & feathered or
lynched.
“Liberty Hound”
“Liberty Cabbage”
“Liberty Sausage”
Stopped selling these
C.
“Red Scare” – Am. afraid
communism will spread
“Put Them Out & Keep Them Out” –
Philadelphia Inquirer
“Red Scare” – Palmer Raids
Police Arrest “Suspected Reds’ in Chicago, 1920