Effects of WWI on Agriculture

Dublin Core

Title

Subject

WWI and Agriculture

Description

Primary sources of acts, posters, newspapers, and strikes during and after the First World War

Creator

Ryan Gallenkamp

Collection Items

Federal Farm Loan Act 1916

Act passed by the Wilson Administration in 1916 in order to increase credit for rural farmers.

Sow the Seeds of Victory

Poster to persuade Americans to plant a garden and make their own food.

Food Will Win the War Poster

Poster the US Food Administration created in attempts to persuade the American population to conserve food for the War.

"Lever" Food and Fuel Control Act

Act passed in 1917, also known as the Lever Act, to help conserve food, creating the US Food Administration and US Fuel Administration.

Newspaper Ad for Victory Gardens

A newspaper ad that is trying to get Americans to buy lots to plant victory gardens. The newspaper also argues that victory gardens need to continue on after the War.

Members of the Farmers’ Holiday Association create a roadblock in Sioux City in 1932 to stop the sale of goods from farmers who were not participating in the populist revolt known as the Farmers’ Holiday Strike.

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

Federal act that limited crop production in order to raise prices of crops due to the current surplus.

Be Patriotic Poster

Propaganda created by the U.S. Food Administration to promote conservation of food.

Victory Gardeners during WWII

A picture of victory gardeners with the crops they have produced to support the efforts for WWII.

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