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American Power Tips the Balance

American Power Tips the Balance. Chapter 19.2. America Joins the Allies. The Sinking of the Lusitania. The Zimmerman Telegram. The Yanks Are Coming!.

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American Power Tips the Balance

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  1. American Power Tips the Balance Chapter 19.2

  2. AmericaJoinstheAllies

  3. The Sinking of the Lusitania

  4. The Zimmerman Telegram

  5. The YanksAre Coming!

  6. The budget for the US Army increased from $377,941 in 1917 to $4,869,955 in 1918 because of the US entry into WWI. The budget for the US Navy increased from $239,633 to $1,278,840. • What products would the army/navy need to buy with the additional money? • What does soldiers/sailors need to live? What is needed to help them train? How will people get to places the army/navy need them to go?

  7. Creating a Plan for Mobilization

  8. Creating a Plan for Mobilization • What do soldiers need to live? • What is needed to help them train properly? • How will military personnel get to the places the army and navy are sending them too?

  9. The United States quickly raises an army • Selective Service Act • Required men to register in order to be randomly selected for military service • 24 million registered, 1 million actually went to fight • Women not allowed to enlist • When people choose to enter the army “The Draft” Enlistment

  10. The Most Famous Recruitment Poster

  11. Uncle Sam—He the Man!

  12. Don’t Mess with the U. S.

  13. “Huns (Germans) Kill Women and Children!”

  14. The “Little Soldier”

  15. Johnnie get your gun, get your gun, get your gun,Take it on the run, on the run, on the run,Hear them calling you and me,Every son of liberty.Hurry right away, no delay, go today,Make your daddy glad to have had such a lad,Tell your sweetheart not to pine,To be proud her boy's in line.

  16. Over there, over thereSend the word, send the word over thereThat the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming,The drums rum-tumming everywhereSo prepare, say a prayerSend the word, send the word to bewareWe'll be over, we're coming over,And we won't come back till it's over, over there!

  17. Johnnie get your gun, get your gun, get your gun,Johnnie show the Hun you're a son of a gun,Hoist the flag and let her fly,Yankee Doodle do or die.Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit,Yankees to the ranks from the towns and the tanks,Make your momma proud of you And the old Red White and Blue.

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  19. Over there, over thereSend the word, send the word over thereThat the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming,The drums rum-tumming everywhereSo prepare, say a prayerSend the word, send the word to beware We'll be over, we're coming over,And we won't come back till it's over, over there!

  20. What kind of training did soldiers receive? • 8 months of training, ½ in Europe, ½ in US • 17 hour days on target practice bayonet drill, kitchen duty, cleaning • Often used fake weapons

  21. 1917 – Selective Service Act 24,000,000 men registered for the draft by the end of 1918. 4,800,000 men served in WW1 (2,000,000 saw active combat). 400,000 African-Americansserved in segregated units. 15,000 Native-Americans served as scouts, messengers, and snipers in non-segregated units.

  22. Opportunities for Woman • Not allowed to enlist • Served without rank, pay and benefits in the Army Core of Nurses • 13,000 as nurses, secretaries, and telephone operators

  23. YWCA – The Blue Triangle

  24. Munitions Work

  25. The Girls They Left Behind Do Their Bit!

  26. Women Used In Recruitment Hello, Big Boy!

  27. Even Grandma Buys Liberty Bonds

  28. The Red Cross - Greatest Mother in the World

  29. The Red Cross Nurse

  30. 2. African-Americans

  31. Opportunities for African-Americans in WW1 War industries work. Enlistment in segregated units.

  32. True Sons of Freedom

  33. For “Colored” Men in Service

  34. African-Americans on a Troop Ship Headed for France

  35. Mass Production • The US needed a way to transport men, food & equipment • Four steps taken to expand Navy • Exempted shipyard workers from the draft • US Chamber of Commerce joined public relations campaign to emphasize importance of shipyard work • Made ships using standardized parts & assembly line • Government took over private ships & converted them for war use

  36. Convoy System • Heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across Atlantic • Cut shipping losses in half

  37. How did arrival of new American troops affect the spirit of Allied troops? • After 2.5 years of fighting the Allied forces were demoralized. • They appreciated American freshness and newness

  38. Americans in the Trenches

  39. The War of theIndustrial Revolution:NewTechnology

  40. French Renault Tank

  41. British Tank at Ypres

  42. U-Boats

  43. Allied Ships Sunk by U-Boats

  44. The Airplane “Squadron Over the Brenta”Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

  45. Curtis-Martin U. S. Aircraft Plant

  46. The Zeppelin

  47. FlameThrowers GrenadeLaunchers

  48. Poison Gas Machine Gun

  49. Timeline of American troops going on the offensive 1917 Americans stop German advance in France. July and August helped win Second Battle of the Marne September 1917 mounted offensives against the Germans October 1918, Alvin York kills 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners

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