Research:Temporary Agencies:Woodrow Wilson established 5,000 new federal agencies in an effort to create 500k-1000k new jobs.Department of Labor lured many South and Midwest workers to the East to work in war industries.Government Propoganda:Many posters for enlisting in the arma/navy as well as buying liberty bonds supporting various liberty loans.The Fourth Liberty Loan came to default when the government refused to pay the bonds back in gold (as promised by the bond terms) and the bond holders lost billions since the bonds were paid back with their current value. Essentially, the people lost 139 million troy ounces of gold ($35 per ounce) and were paid back at the current price ($20.67) which lost them 2.8 billion dollars (200 billion if calculated today).Military Draft:Used a method called conscription. Mandatory draft that required all men 18-25 to sign up and they could be called to serve at any given time during war. Many revolts against the idea, people who did not want to serve and refused to operate at the required level would be sentenced up to 20 years in Fort Leavenworth.Vigilantism:American Protective League - would organize raids against people who failed to sign up for the draft as well as surveillance of people Germans they thought may be loyal to Germany.Civil Liberties:Espionage Act of 1917 - prevented any anti-United States participation in WW1 to be shown publically.Sedition Act of 1918 - anti-speech that made it illegal to speak about the United States or their allies of war in a negative format, an amendment to the Espionage Act of 1917, if broken sentence was 5-20 years on averageHollywood:Propoganda Film Making - most famous was The Kaiser, The Beast of Berlin which portrayed Germans as horrible people and roused the audience to support the U.S. in taking down the "monster"Farming and Food:Women:Labor:Americanization of Ethics:Alien Internments:Anti-German Activity:War Bonds:Economic Confusion:
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