US government United States home front during World War I



temporary agencies

congress authorized president woodrow wilson create bureaucracy of 500,000 1 million new jobs in 5 thousand new federal agencies. solve labor crisis, employment service of department of labor attracted workers south , midwest war industries in east.


government propaganda

in april 1917, wilson administration created committee on public information (cpi), known creel committee, control war information , provide pro-war propaganda. employing talented writers , scholars, issued anti-german pamphlets , films. organized thousands of four-minute men deliver brief speeches @ movie theaters, schools , churches promote patriotism , participation in war effort.








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