reasons to support and oppose the decisions of The War Industries Board
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enough making modern guns, tanks, airplanes.
To deal with these two problems, the U.S. government took several steps that were controversial.
Some Americans supported the decisions because they helped with the war effort. Other Americans
argued they violated the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Read about each example and brainstorm
reasons to support the government's decision, and reasons to oppose it.
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The War Industries Board
In 1917, the War Industries Board was created. The War Industries Board took over the
production and distribution of goods and resources needed for the war effort. For example, items
such as oil, metals, food, and rubber were very valuable to the army. The War Industries Board
was given the power to set prices on these items (and hundreds of others) so that no one could
charge unfairly high prices for materials needed to help the soldiers win the war. This helped the
government obtain all of the supplies it needed at the lowest cost possible. However, this also
meant that many American businesses were forced to sell their goods for lower prices than they
wanted.
Reason(s) to Support the Decision
Reason(s) to Oppose the Decision
The Sale of "Liberty Bonds"
The U.S. government needed a lot of money to finance the massive new war effort. In order to
raise some of this money, the government sold "Liberty Bonds" to the American public. A Liberty
Bond was simply a piece of paper that promised that the U.S. government would pay back the
owner over time (Provided that the US would win the war.) The sale of "Liberty Bonds"
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