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food and Resources Conservation
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A way that the people could support the war by saving resources like food...etc.
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Food Administration
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Promoted conservation days like Tuesday was wheat -less day, and Friday was meatless -day.
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Renaming German Food
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They started renaming German food so that way they weren't eating German food, they eating American Victory food, like "victory cabbage and tube steak." and planting "victory gardens."
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18th Amendment passes
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Prohibition *The alcohol amendment.
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The Women's Christians Temperance Group
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Manage alcohol, pushed to get alcohol entirely banned. *They pushed it as a war measure... it was a disaster, and fueled organized crime. Lasted until 1933.
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Fuel Administration
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Gas-less days rationed coal and oil to save fuel. *Introduced daylight savings time.
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Trading with the Enemy Act
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U.S loyalty tests.
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Alien Sedition Act
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You could be fined and or put in jail by speaking against the government. (What happened to Free Speech???)
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The Patriot Act
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The first cousin of the Alien Sedition Act.
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The Dough Boys
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Soldiers who fought the Germans.
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1918
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Germans wanted an armistice, the Germans had failed, and had no hope.
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11AM 11th day at the 11th month, and the 11th hour...
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The armistice was signed (at the last minute, the last chance)
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Wilson Wanted.......
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Making the word safe to democracy.
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The 14 points
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Written by Wilson, 14 ways to make this the war to end wars.
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A League of Nations
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Point 14 in the 14 Points..... To work together to work as one big world power. Wilson saw this as the only way to keep from having other wars in the future.
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