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On the Home Front Angela Brown Chapter 10 Section 4 * Learning Targets: Explain how the government financed the war and managed the wartime economy. Describe how efforts to enforce loyalty led to hostility and repression. Describe how the lives of Americans on the home front changed during the war. * Financing the War Liberty bonds – special bonds sold to support the Allied cause Could be redeemed for the original value of the bonds plus interest = $20 billion Allowed U.S. to loan more than $10 billion to the allies. * Boy and Girl scouts set up booths on street corners to sell bonds. Popular commercial artists drew colorful posters/recruited famous screen actors to host bond rallies/ speeches before movies, plays, school/ union meetings. /p/fireshot.jpg * Managing the Economy Government called on industry to convert to the production of war goods. Business leaders flocked to Washington to take up posts in thousands of new agencies. “dollar-a-year” men and women because they gave their service for a token salary. * New Agencies War Industries Board – oversaw war-related production – told manufacturers what and how much to produce, and even fixed prices War Trade Board – licensed foreign trade and punished firms suspected of dealing with the enemy * National War Labor Board – worked to settle labor disputes that might hinder the war effort War Labor Policies Board – set standard and wages , hours, and working conditions in war industries Labor unions won limited rights to organize and bargain collectively. * Regulating Food and Fuel Consumption 1917 Lever Food and Fuel Control Act – gave the president the power to manage the production and distribution of food and fuels vital to the war effort. Lead by Herbert Hoover – increased agricultural output and reduce waste. Had power to impose price controls – a system of pricing determined by the government on food. /specials/calendar/docs-pix/h-hoover.jpg * Could have begun system of rationing – distributing goods to c