Important People/Groups
President during World War
Woodrow Wilson
Founded in
1917
Designed to persuade thoughts and actions
Propaganda
Gained more job oppurtunities
Women
Segregation laws African Americans were trying to escape
Jim Crow laws
The secretary of war
Newton Baker
WIB encouraged what
mass-production
Spoke out about the draft
Four-Minute Men
Women had jobs previously occupied by
Men
People who migrated
African Americans
Established war industries board
Bernard M. Barnuch
Eliminated waste by _______
standardizing projects
CPI was
Committee on Public Information
When was the 19th amendment passed
1919
needed more employees
manufacturers
Became the symbol of women's strength during the Homefront
Rosie the Riveter
Industrial production increased by
20%
How much propaganda was distributed
75 million
Movement followed by women
Peace Movement
infestation of
boll weevil
Founded Women's Peace Party
Jane Addams
Reorganized in
1918
US Food Administration founded in
1917
Americans feared subversion by
Communists
Opened automobile assembly line
Henry Ford