WHAT WERE SOME THINGS
ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING
WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS
• WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD
– ENCOURAGED COMPANIES TO USE MASS
PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES AND TO STANDARDIZE
PRODUCTS; SET PRODUCTION QUOTAS; ALLOCATED
RAW MATERIALS; CONDUCTED PSYCHOLOGICAL
TESTING TO HELP PEOPLE FIND THE RIGHT JOBS;
INCREASED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION BY ABOUT
20%; CAUSED RETAIL PRICES TO CORPORATE PROFITS
TO SOAR
WHAT WERE SOME THINGS
ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING
WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS
• RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
– CONTROLLED THE NATION’S RAILROADS
WHAT WERE SOME THINGS
ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING
WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS
• FUEL ADMINISTRATION
– REGULATED COAL SUPPLIES; RATIONED
GASOLINE AND HEATING OIL; INTRODUCED
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
WHAT WERE SOME THINGS
ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING
WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS
• NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD
– RESOLVED LABOR DISPUTES; PUSHED FOR
IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS
WHAT WERE SOME THINGS
ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING
WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS
• FOOD ADMINISTRATION
– ENCOURAGED AMERICANS TO REDUCE THEIR
CONSUMPTION OF FOOD VOLUNTAIRLY; TRIPLED
FOOD SHIPMENTS TO THE ALLIES; SET A HIGH
GOVERNMENT PRICE FOR WHEAT AND OTHER
STAPLES
WHAT WERE SOME THINGS
ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING
WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS
• COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION
– MOBILIZED THE NATION’S ARTISTS AND
ADVERTISING PEOPLE TO POPULARIZE THE WAR;
RECRUITED 75,000 FOUR MINUTE MED TO
DELIVER PRO-WAR SPEECHES; INCREASED
SUPPORT FOR THE WAR
WHAT WERE SOME THINGS
ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING
WARTIME AGENCIES AND LAWS
• ESPIONAGE AND SEDITION ACTS
– THE PROSECUTION OF 2,000 PEOPLE AND THE
CONVICTIONS OF MORE THAN 1,000; LOSS OF
MAILING PRIVELAGES FOR PUBLICATIONS THAT
CRITICIZED THE WAR; FIRING OF PEOPLE WHO
OPPOSED THE WAR; IMPRISONMENT OF EUGENE
V. DEBS, EMMA GOLDMAN, AND BILL HAYWOOD
WHAT CHANGES DID THE WAR BRING
ABOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS
OF AMERICANS
• IMMIGRANTS
– MANY LOST THEIR JOBS; SOME WERE ATTACKED
OR KILLED
WHAT CHANGES DID THE WAR BRING
ABOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS
OF AMERICANS
• AFRICAN AMERICANS
– THE GREAT MIGRATIONINVOLVED MASSIVE
MOVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM
SOUTHERN RURAL AREAS TO NORTHERN CITIES. IT
CAUSED NEW PROBLEMS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS
AS THEY BEGAN TO LIVE IN CITIES, BUT IT ALSO
IMPROVED THEIR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE ALLOWED FOR
THE FIRST TIME TO SERVE UNDER AFRICANAMERICAN OFFICERS
WHAT CHANGES DID THE WAR BRING
ABOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS
OF AMERICANS
• WOMEN
– MANY WOMEN MOVED INTO JOBS
TRADITIONALLY HELD BY MEN. WOMEN’S
WARTIME EFFORTS ENCOURAGED PASSAGE OF
THE NINETENTH AMENDMENT, WHICH
RECOGNIZED THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE