Today in History....

Today in class Mr. Gottschalk talked to us all a little bit about topics such as the U.S. draft and the Great Migration:

• The US wondered how they could best organize the economy
• Wilson sets up Boards or Administrations
• The best board- Food Administration~ led by Herbert Hoover who later become President
• High income tax (67%) on wealthy Americans
• Encouraged to buy Liberty Bonds

Great Migration

• Thousands of Southern African Americans migrate North during the war searching for jobs.
• Northern women also were on the hunt for occupations

Selective Service Act- May 1917

• Act provided for the registration of men aged 21-30.
• More than 9,925,000 men were registered in June of 1917, and of these about 687,000 were called for service immediately.
• Very few could resist the draft
• Black soldiers would have been more willing to register if only they were accepted in the Marine Corps.
• African Americans were assigned to segregated, all-black units
• They were also not sent into combat- were auxiliary units instead.
• Exception- a regiment of Black soldiers loaned to the French army.

The 18th Amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US.

• Ratified on January 29, 1919

After we took the above notes (and I'm sure I missed a few more) we watched a movie on WWI which took up the rest of the period. =)