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Over Here
OVER THERE
World War I
WHAT WE FACED WHEN WE ENTERED THE WAR
UNPREPARED FOR WAR:
* April, 1917
* not even enough ammo for two days of fighting
* 200,000 soldiers (2/5th national guard)
SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT -1917
4.5 million
* 11,000 women
* 400,000 African Americans
Europe
1914 - 1920
WAR AT SEA WAS DEVASTATING
To cut down on the carnage at sea, the US and its allies began using the CONVOY SYSTEM.
Hydra-phones
THE WAR WAS IN A STALEMATE
Eyes in the sky
American Expeditionary Forces
Western Front (Belgium and France)
* trench Warfare
* No Man's Land
* Defensive Weapons better than
Offensive Weapons
trickle to a flood
Depth Charges
Fresh soldiers
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Just to Know
Causes
Russian (Bolshevik) Revolution
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN?
If the US had not been ready and willing to engage a massive number of troops on the Western Front, the Germans would have had the chance to mount an all out attack and swiftly take Paris.
You might remember him as "Black Jack" Pershing from the Spanish American War.
ASSASSINATION
June 28, 1914
"Perhaps it will not be long before we will read each day long list of American boys killed or wounded in the trenches of France. There will be boys in those lists that you know, boys that I know. and as our eyes film over with tears it will be at least some comfort to us to be able to say, "I am helping too. I am saving food for the boys who are fighting."
NOT ALL AGREE
War on the American Home Front
SOCIAL CHANGE brought by WORLD WAR I
Before the war, the governments powers were very limited. During the war, it was able to assume more power that it still uses today.
The US declaration of war did not settle well will all Americans.
Public Opinion Molding
Selective Service Act - required me to register for the draft. grafted young men into military service in Europe.
Conscientious Objectors - people with moral or religious beliefs that did not allow them to kill or fight in wars.
Committee on Public Information
The government took control of the economy.
Alien and Sedition Act
War Industry Board
& Food Administrtion