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While I Take Attendance

While I Take Attendance. Download and get started working on the Wilson & Zinn graphic organizer & readings. This is 3 short paragraphs – two by Woodrow Wilson (Wilson before the war and Wilson at the start of the war) and one by a historian Howard Zinn.

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While I Take Attendance

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  1. While I Take Attendance • Download and get started working on the Wilson & Zinn graphic organizer & readings. • This is 3 short paragraphs – two by Woodrow Wilson (Wilson before the war and Wilson at the start of the war) and one by a historian Howard Zinn. • Answer the questions and email them to me at pgipson@joplin.k12.mo.us

  2. Unit 6 Notes American Power Tips the Balance

  3. American Military Mobilization • The American army was very small • Passed the Selective Service Act • The Draft • Ages 18-45 • Women were excluded • Chosen by lottery

  4. Training Soldiers • Trained for 9 months before battle • Did not have enough weapons for every soldier so they trained with rocks and sticks

  5. Women in the Army • Expected to stay & take care of home • Only allowed to be nurses and non-combatants • Had military rank but not given equal pay

  6. Building a Strong Navy • War Industries Board • Coordinated Purchase of War Supplies • Tanks, ships, rations, etc. • Shipyard workers were exempt from the Draft • Government aided the families of shipyard workers • Fabrication • Building individual parts and shipping to one location for construction

  7. Fixing the U-boat Problem • Developed the Convoy System • Underwater Mines from Scotland to Sweden Mine Recovery Video

  8. Fighting “Over There” • New Weapons • Zeppelin • Poison Gas • Mechanized Warfare • Tanks • Airplanes

  9. Fighting in Europe • General John J. Pershing – leader of American forces • Did not want other leaders to be able to give American soldiers orders • Red Baron • Shot down 61 pilots before he was shot down by stray artillery fire. • Video

  10. Alvin York • Tried to dodge the draft by claiming to be a conscientious objector • American WWI Hero • In one battle he killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners

  11. Collapse of Germany • 1918 Austria – Hungry had surrendered • German soldiers were starting to refuse to fight • Signed a cease-fire – Armistice Signed

  12. The Casualties • 26 Million people died • About ½ were not soldiers

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