America on the Home Front

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America on the Home Front
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The government took over the railroads and
telegraphs, to help speed the production of steel.
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Factories worked overtime.
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People planted victory gardens.
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Women and African Americans began working in jobs
that they once were not allowed to work in.
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Daylight Savings Time, War Bonds, and higher
taxes.
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Propaganda
The attempt to spread an idea or to influence
beliefs
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Germany versus the Triple Entente
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Women and the War
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• Drove trucks, cabs, ambulances, and streetcars
• Delivered ice (60 lbs)
• Worked in coal mines, welders, electricians
• Packed explosives (yellow girls)
• Served as telephone operators in France

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Group DiscussionShould women be allowed to
fight as soldiers during war?
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Doughboys
Infantrymen of the American Expeditionary Force
(AEF) who went to France to fight in 1917.
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All American foot soldiers who served in the
trenches on the western front were known as dough
boys.
(They may have cleaned their belts with dough
made of clay.)