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America Enters World I

America Enters World I. The U.S. entered World War I in 1917. Were we ready?. The answer is absolutely not. There were only 200,000 men in military service and very few had any combat experience.

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America Enters World I

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  1. America Enters World I

  2. The U.S. entered World War I in 1917.Were we ready? • The answer is absolutely not. • There were only 200,000 men in military service and very few had any combat experience. • So, in May of 1917 Congress passed the Selective Service Act which required men to register. By the end of 1918, 24 million men had done so.

  3. Of this number, 3 million were called up. • Of that 3 million, 2/3 made it to Europe before the war ended. • ¾ of them saw actual combat. • 400,000 African Americans served and most, but not all, did not have any combat duties.

  4. “Over There” by George CohanPropaganda also existed in the form of music.Read the following song lyrics. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WRITE THEM! http://www.justsomelyrics.com/1077278/George-M-Cohan-Over-There-Lyrics

  5. Training • Lasted for eight months and took place partly in the U.S. and partly in Europe. • 17 hours a day on target practice, bayonet drills, kitchen duty, and cleaning. • Often used wooden sticks for weapons and rocks for grenades because supplies were so low.

  6. Mass Production of Ships • Needed to produce ships and fast!! • Factories used fabrication techniques in which the various parts of a ship were built elsewhere and then were assembled in the yard. • Worked 24-7 • On one day, July 4, 1918, 95 total ships were launched!

  7. America Turns the Tide • Convoy system- Armed destroyers would escort merchant ships across the Atlantic to get supplies to the Allies. • Our freshness and enthusiasm helped our exhausted and demoralized European friends who had been at it for 2 ½ years.

  8. American Expeditionary Force (AEF) • Led by General John J. Pershing • Our troops were known as doughboys because of the white belts. • Many had very little education and came from small towns and farms, so were not ready for all they saw in Europe.

  9. New Weapons • Machine Gun • Tanks • Airplanes • Poison Gas

  10. End of the War and its Toll • November 3, 1918, Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies and eight days later the exhausted Germans did, as well. • WWI was the bloodiest war in history to that time. • 22 million dead (over half were civilians) • 20 million wounded, 10 million refugees. • $338 billion • The U.S. lost 48,000 men with another 62,000 dying of disease. 200,000 wounded. This was in our one year of involvement (April 1917 to November of 1918)

  11. Central Powers (Don’t copy this, just check it out)

  12. Allies (Don’t copy this, just check it out)

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