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