America Gets Ready For War!

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America Gets Ready For War!

• Selective Service Act-May 1917. By the end of
  1918, gt 24 million had signed up.
• Before war started, America had only about
  200,000 serving in our army.

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Four Ways Govt Helped With War Effort

• 1) Shipyard workers exempt from Draft.
• 2) U.S. Chamber of Commerce started a campaign to
  get every ship yard worker a flag for their home.
• 3) Pre Fab techniques used.Each division made a
  certain part of the ship, then put the pieces all
  together in one area
• 4) Government took control of all shipyards

3
STOP THE U-BOATS!

• America works to stop U Boat Attacks
• Convoy System of sending supplies
• Mined the North Sea230 mile strip of water is
  mined.

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American Ground Forces

• AEFAmerican Expeditionary Force.
• Headed up by General John Pershing
• American Infantry were called, Doughboys

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America Goes to War

• Russia pulls out in 1917. Now all of the German
  focus is on America.
• April, 1917America finally forced into war.

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Famous Names of WWI

• Manfred VonRichthofenRed Baron
• YouTube - Manfred von Richthofen
• Eddie RickenbackerAmericas greatest flying ace.
• Alvin YorkConscientious Objector at first.
  Then becomes one of Americas greatest fighting
  soldiers.

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Collapse of Germany

• Nov 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrender to Allies
• Nov 11, 1918 Germany surrenders.
• Armistice DayNow, Veterans Day

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Toll of War

• Some Tragic Numbers
• About 22 million dead, half civilians
• Another 20 million wounded
• War Cost 338 Billion dollarsone of the biggest
  factors in the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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U.S. Losses

• About 48,000 men
• 62,000 died of disease
• gt 200,000 wounded
• Combine Flu Epidemic
• Possibly spread by soldiers around the world
• 1918-1919 gt 500,000 Americans die
• World wide About 30 million people!