In this activity, students will match documents to visualize ways that Americans contributed to the war effort on the home-front during World War I. Zuber, Richard L. “WWI: Support from the Home Front.” Tar Heel Junior Historian, 1 Apr. 2. A home front is an informal term for the civilian population of a nation at war. This all changed, however, in the war described as 'everybody's war' - a war of unknown warriors. After war was declared, Federal Agencies oversaw America’s wartime production and volunteer organizations such as the Red Cross, YMCA, and Salvation Army provided humanitarian aid while the U.S. military organized and trained its forces for overseas duty. African Americans in the war but were segregated. If the month has more than four letters, use the first three and a period to show that it is an … 1993, www.ncpedia.org/wwi-support-home-front. Example: 10 July 2017. Bruce D. Porter, War and the Rise of the State: The Military Foundations of Modern Politics (New York: Free Press, 1993), p. 269. Students will see a payoff image related to the armistice celebration and reflect on the sacrifices made during wartime. Include the month, day, and year you accessed. War bonds- Government borrowed money from people instead of having to borrow from other countries. That is proof in itself that the American Republic has never recovered from the blow he inflicted on it.26. Before World War One British society largely denied women the recognition and rights enjoyed by men. It was called so because despite there being no enemy soldiers there there was a lot of fighting and damage caused by bombing. Accessed mm dd yyyy. The United States homefront during World War I saw a systematic mobilization of the country's entire population and economy to produce the soldiers, food supplies, ammunitions and money necessary to win the war. 1. The Homefront. People would grow their own vegetables in gardens in their yards in cities as well as farmers in the country People would Today American children are taught in our schools that Wilson was one of our greatest Presidents. War Industries Board (WIB): told manufacturers what to produce, allocated raw materials, ordered construction of new factories, and, at times, set pricing. The home front was the name given to Britain during ww2. WWI Sending supplies to soldiers Federal Mobilization Women began working on building supplies The Great Migration Selective Service- Draft and was ages 21-20 but now 18. Note: If you have a line break, second line should be indented (use Tab button). For Kids. Military forces depend upon civilian support at home to help produce war goods, to keep spirits up, do without, to keep the kids safe, and to support each other.