Name Princess SabrosoWW1: Controversial Decisions on the U.S. Home FrontBackground/Directions: Pressure for America to join World War 1 increased each year thewar dragged on. When America finally declared war in 1917, they faced 2 major problems. First, manyAmericans disagreed with the decision and did not want to get involved. Many strikes and protestserupted across the nation against sending young American boys to die in trenches to fix Europe's mess.Second, America's military and economy was not ready for such a massive war. The governmentneeded millions of dollars to help organize, feed, and supply a new army. While America had manyfactories and jobs, there were not enough making modern guns, tanks, airplanes.To deal with these 2 problems, the U.S. government took several steps that were controversial.Some Americans supported the decisions because they helped with the war effort. Other Americansargued they violated the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Read about each example and brainstormreasons to support the government's decision, and reasons to oppose it.The War Industries Board: In 1917, the War Industries Board was created. The War IndustriesBoard took over the production and distribution of goods and resources needed for the war effort. Forexample, items such as oil, metals, food, and rubber were very valuable to the army. The WarIndustries Board was given the power to set prices on these items (and hundreds of others) so that noone could charge unfairly high prices for materials needed to help our soldiers win the war. Thishelped the government obtain all of the supplies they needed at the lowest cost possible, but meant thatmany American businesses were forced to sell their goods for lower prices than they wanted to.Reason(s) to Support the DecisionReason(s) to Oppose the DecisionThe Sale of “Liberty Bonds": The U.S. government needed lots of money to finance the massive newwar effort. In order to raise some of this money, they sold “Liberty Bonds" to the American public. ALiberty Bond was simply a piece of paper that promised that the U.S. government would pay back theowner over time. The sale of Liberty Bonds brought in billions of dollars for the war. However, thebonds also pushed the government into debt, for they would eventually have to pay back the people.Reason(s) to Support the DecisionReason(s) to Oppose the Decision

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Name Princess SabrosoWW1: Controversial Decisions on the U.S. Home FrontBackground/Directions: Pressure for America to join World War 1 increased each year thewar dragged on. When America finally declared war in 1917, they faced 2 major problems. First, manyAmericans disagreed with the decision and did not want to get involved. Many strikes and protestserupted across the nation against sending young American boys to die in trenches to fix Europe's mess.Second, America's military and economy was not ready for such a massive war. The governmentneeded millions of dollars to help organize, feed, and supply a new army. While America had manyfactories and jobs, there were not enough making modern guns, tanks, airplanes.To deal with these 2 problems, the U.S. government took several steps that were controversial.Some Americans supported the decisions because they helped with the war effort. Other Americansargued they violated the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Read about each example and brainstormreasons to support the government's decision, and reasons to oppose it.The War Industries Board: In 1917, the War Industries Board was created. The War IndustriesBoard took over the production and distribution of goods and resources needed for the war effort. Forexample, items such as oil, metals, food, and rubber were very valuable to the army. The WarIndustries Board was given the power to set prices on these items (and hundreds of others) so that noone could charge unfairly high prices for materials needed to help our soldiers win the war. Thishelped the government obtain all of the supplies they needed at the lowest cost possible, but meant thatmany American businesses were forced to sell their goods for lower prices than they wanted to.Reason(s) to Support the DecisionReason(s) to Oppose the DecisionThe Sale of “Liberty Bonds&#34;: The U.S. government needed lots of money to finance the massive newwar effort. In order to raise some of this money, they sold “Liberty Bonds&#34; to the American public. ALiberty Bond was simply a piece of paper that promised that the U.S. government would pay back theowner over time. The sale of Liberty Bonds brought in billions of dollars for the war. However, thebonds also pushed the government into debt, for they would eventually have to pay back the people.Reason(s) to Support the DecisionReason(s) to Oppose the Decision

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The US entry into WWI produced massive changes on the domestic front. The country's economy and the…