Question

Questions about WW1 including article and map

Answer 1

http://www.history.com/news/hungry-history/americas-patriotic-victory-gardens

Answer 2

What sort of questions do you have? Be sure to list them so that people can help you.

Answer 3

What led to a severe food shortage in Europe?

Answer 4

There are 6 questions for this article

Answer 5

The answer is in the first sentence of the article.

Answer 6

What was the purpose of the National War Garden Commission?

Answer 7

"Charles Lathrop Pack organized the National War Garden Commission to encourage Americans to contribute to the war effort by planting, fertilizing, harvesting and storing their own fruits and vegetables so that more food could be exported to our allies."

Answer 8

You found it :)

Answer 9

Why do you think the government targeted women and children in its’ war garden movement efforts?

Answer 10

I'm not really sure

Answer 11

Read the second paragraph.

Answer 12

"In addition to the appeal to men and women, the federal Bureau of Education initiated a U.S. School Garden Army (USSGA) to mobilize children to enlist as “soldiers of the soil.”

Answer 13

Well, I think they chose Women and Children because they fit a category that's not so aggressive?

Answer 14

Well, think about it. During a war, who does the fighting?

Answer 15

The men

Answer 16

So who stays at home?

Answer 17

The women and children

Answer 18

Thus, they would be the only viable audience to target, as they are the ones who are home and can actually plant and create gardens.

Answer 19

Also, by influencing the youth in a time in which they are highly perceptive to anything coming from a television (since a war is going on), they would be able to influence the next generation. More gardens equates to more produce, which means a higher GDP (Gross Domestic Product).

Answer 20

Oh, interesting

Answer 21

What were some of the results of the WWI “Victory Gardens”?

Answer 22

" As a result of these combined efforts, 3 million new garden plots were planted in 1917 and more than 5.2 million were cultivated in 1918, which generated an estimated 1.45 million quarts of canned fruits and vegetables. By the end of World War I, the campaign promoting home gardens—which by then were referred to as “victory gardens”—had dropped off, but many people continued to maintain them."

Answer 23

You got it

Answer 24

Why do you think Victory Gardens were again used during WWII?

Answer 25

"Shortly after the United States was drawn into the Second World War, victory gardens began to reemerge. Once again, commercial crops were diverted to the military overseas while transportation was redirected towards moving troops and munitions instead of food."

Answer 26

hmm

Answer 27

"Throughout both world wars, the Victory Garden campaign served as a successful means of boosting morale, expressing patriotism, safeguarding against food shortages on the home front, and easing the burden on the commercial farmers working arduously to feed troops and civilians overseas. In 1942, roughly 15 million families planted victory gardens; by 1944, an estimated 20 million victory gardens produced roughly 8 million tons of food—which was the equivalent of more than 40 percent of all the fresh fruits and vegetables consumed in the United States."

Answer 28

oh that's what i put for the next questionWhat were some of the other benefits of Victory Gardens besides food?

Answer 29

Why do you think Victory Gardens were again used during WWII?
-Effective in helping troops and keeping the nation together

Answer 30

ohh

Answer 31

6. What were some of the other benefits of Victory Gardens besides food?

Answer 32

As you said, the quote I posted above

Answer 33

Okay

Answer 34

There are more questions including a map, I'll make a new question.