1. Americans on the European Front
Chapter 19 Section 3
Americans on the European Front

2. In what ways was the United States unprepared to help the Allies in 1917?  
The U.S. Army was very small The Marines were busy patrolling Central American nations and Pacific possessions

3. In what ways did the U.S. offer immediate help?
Wilson sent the Allies an initial force of 14,500 men led by General John J. Pershing

4. Why was this poster so effective?
It inspired patriotism while also bringing the war to a personal level

5. Selective Service Act
Passed in 1917 Authorized a draft of young men for military service

6. American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
American armed forces

7. Why was training important to the war effort?
Most soldiers were new to the armed forces and needed to learn how to

8. Convoy
Consisted of a group of unarmed ships surrounded by a ring of destroyers, torpedo boats, and other armed naval vessels

9. Why were convoys important to American war efforts?
They enabled new recruits to

10. How did tanks overcome the obstacles of barbed wire, sandbags, and enemy guns?
Tanks were able to roll

11. How did American soldiers contribute to the Allied counterattack?
American soldiers drove Germans out of heavily defended positions in September of 1918

12. Zeppelin
German floating air ship…or blimp

13. A Cease fire Germany agreed to a cease fire on
Armistice
A Cease fire Germany agreed to a cease fire on

14. Why did Germany agree to an armistice in November of 1918?
The Central Powers were collapsing German soldiers realized that defeat was inevitable

15. How did America’s losses in the war compare to Germany, France and Britain?
The U.S. only lost about 50,000 soldiers to battle and a bunch more to disease

16. How do you think these losses affect the way that people in these countries remember WWI?
Millions are wounded An entire generation of people are missing fathers, brothers and sons

17. Tanks allowed the Allies to break though German lines
How did new weapons change the way that soldiers fought during the war?  
Tanks allowed the Allies to break though German lines

18. Genocide
The organized killing of an entire race of people