- warm up
- 6.1 question review (stamp)
- 6.2 lecture
- 6.2 questions
•Objective: SWBAT identify new
agencies created to mobilize the economy and help the war effort on the home
front.
•Warm up: How does Zinn’s rationale for why the US entered
WWI compare with that of the textbook? Who are you more likely to believe? Why?
•Homework: Finish 6.2 Questions.
6.2 The Home Front
1.
How did congress ensure that the military had
enough troops to fight the war?
2.
Describe the contributions of African Americans
during the war.
3.
What federal agencies helped control American
industries during the war?
4.
How permanent were women’s advances in the
wartime workplace?
5.
Why did congress pass the Espionage Act in 1917?
6.
How did government efforts to ensure support for
the war conflict with democratic ideals?
7.
How did WWI cause the federal government to
change its relationship with the business world?