1. #39 Ch 11 S 2 Details: Read & Notes Ch 11 S 2 __________________
11.4.5
Analyze the political, economic, and social ramifications of World War I on the home front.

2. Chapter 11: The First World War Section 2: American Power tips the Balance

3. California Academic Standards: 11.7.6
Describe major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine and the war’s impact on the location of American industry and use of resources.

4. Objectives
Following lecture and reading of this section, students will be able to:
Describe how the United States mobilized for war.
Summarize American success on the war front.
Identify the new weapons and medical problems faced in World War I.
Describe U.S. offensives and the end of the war.

5. Audio ?s How did the U.S. build up the armed forces?
How did the U.S. help the Allies?
Name 2 new weapons used in the war?
What difficulties did soldiers face in WWI?
How did U.S. troops help end the war?

6. American Military Mobilization
At start of war U.S. needed more troops
Although some members of Congress fear that a draft will produce an unwilling army, almost 24 million registered for combat under the Selective Service Act
3 million drafted through selective service act
2 million saw war action in Europe
Women are not drafted, but some fill non-combat positions
African-American soldiers serve in segregated units; some assigned to fight on front lines.
400K
The United States constructed ships with prefab materials to expand its fleet for the war effort

7. Recruitment Poster for World War I

8. Recruitment Poster for World War I

9. American Success in Combat
Using the Convoy system, the Allies break the German blockade (383)
Naval ships surrounded merchant ships as they traveled to ensure delivery of goods
With Americans fighting in large numbers, the U.S. helped turn the tide of the war against the Central Powers by October 1918

10. Convoy System

11. Weaponry During the War
1st large scale use of weaponry; changes modern warfare.
The Patriot vs. “Trench Warfare”
New weapons introduced during WWI:
Machine gun
Tanks- “bullet proof”
Airplanes- “dog fights” (Top Gun)
Cannons
Zeppelins (blimps)
Poison Gas
Observation balloons
Page

12. Conditions for Soldiers
Soldiers lived in terrible conditions
Lice
Rats
Polluted water
Dead bodies
Trench foot
Trench mouth
Read Page 385 (3 paragraphs of New Hazards)

13. The U.S. helps defeat the Central Powers
The war ends as both Austria-Hungary and Germany surrender in October and November of 1918.
The armistice was signed on November 11, 1918 and the war was officially over.

14. Impact of WWI on the U.S. Home front
110,000 deaths
48,000 in battle
62,000 from disease
200,000 wounded
The war changed American society forever by establishing the U.S. as the dominant world power, and allowing women and minorities a chance to prove their worth while white men fought the war abroad.

15. #39 Ch 11 S 2 Details: Read & Notes Ch 11 S 2 Margin ?s: A-C (3)
Study Guide ?s 1-6 (6)
11.4.5
Analyze the political, economic, and social ramifications of World War I on the home front.