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Neutrality
Wilson wants to keep America neutral in the
conflict raging in Europe
Will be hard to do
Most Americans were anti-German from the start
The Kaiser seemed to embody arrogant autocracy
Position strengthened by Germany’s ruthless strike
against neutral Belgium
Ethnic Groups In America
Irish – Hated the British and were openly
committed to the Central powers
Germans – Strongly sympathetic with the
struggles of the “homeland”
Italians – Sympathies with Italy when they
join the Allied Powers
American sympathetic with British
Limit of foodstuffs
Alcohol limited
Voluntary approach works
Farm production increases
Food to Allies triples
Imitated methods
Fuel administration
Gasless Sundays
Treasury Department
Victory Loans
$21 billion by drives
Workers in Wartime
Work or fight
“Labor will win the war”
Could be drafted in unemployed
Discouraged strikes
National War Labor Board
Headed by Taft
Stop labor disputes before they happen to
keep war effort alive
Got 8 hours and high wages
Samuel Gompers and the AF of L