Feast or FamineFood Conservation in WWI to feed the Allies.

The U.S. Food Administration

English Blockade of German Controlled Ports

• Food stuffs “contraband of war”• Limit of trade by United States with Central Powers

• North Sea declared “War Zone”

• German retaliation with introduction of submarine warfare• Focus on trade routes

• Concentrate on approaches to United Kingdom

• Will account for nearly 5,000 ships sunk

• These actions will counteract each other.

Shipment of agricultural products to

Europe becomes critically important

Herbert Hoover, Mining Engineer

Belgian War Relief

Armenia and the Ottoman Turks

America

Enters

the War

The Convoy System will defeat the U-Boat

Food supplies will flow in to Europe

Will eventually keep American and Allied

forces provisioned

Congress passed the Food and

Fuel Control Act (Lever Act)

Concern with management

and conservation of food and

fuel (oil) in the national

emergency of World War I

US Grain Corporation

US Sugar Equalization Board

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you as a student?

Message?

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government trying to

stress?

Who is this directed to?

What does it mean?

What is the theme of the

song?

Why/What is the purpose

of the song?

Who do you think Ms.

Van Winkle is directing

her message to?

Why?

Why was this publicized?

Do you think that this

publicity had any effect on

others?