THE HOME FRONT: HOW DID AMERICANS ON THE HOME FRONT SUPPORT THE WAR?

WARM UP:

How do Americans who are not on the front lines support war efforts?

US MOBILIZES FOR WAR…

PROPAGANDA Mobilize: to organize people or

resources for action like war.

War bonds/liberty bonds: certificates issued by the government that promises to pay back with interest on a specific date. People give a loan to the government.

Hollywood stars and sports heroes encouraged people to buy bonds

EVERYONE PITCHES IN TO SUPPORT THE WAR EFFORT

The Red Cross rolled bandages

Families- planted “victory gardens”

Women knitted socks and made blankets for soldiers

“Wheatless Wednesdays” and “Meatless Mondays” Conserve gasoline and energy Women donated corsets Propaganda-writers, artists, photographers and

filmmakers helped “sell” the war and create public support.

Industries/Factories switch from consumer goods to war production.

TURN & TALK

How are the ways Americans supported the war effort for WWI similar or different than the ways Americans support war efforts today?

ANTI-GERMAN PROPAGANDA

ANTI-GERMAN PROPAGANDA

ANTI-GERMAN SENTIMENT SPREADS

Prejudice- German shepherds called“police dogs”

sauerkraut called“liberty cabbage”

hamburger called “Salisbury steak”

Wartime ban on German music

Books published that characterized Germans as evil savages

CLOSING/EXIT SLIP

How was propaganda used to mobilize the U.S. during WWI?