1. America Mobilizes
Chapter 18 Section 2

2. Raising An Army Selective Service Act of 1917
24 million men registered

4. African American Soldiers
400,000 registered under the act
more than half in France
noncombat missions
excluded marines and navy
369th Infantry Regiment
two received France’s Cross of War

6. Women and the Army Corps of Nurses

9. Mass Production Shipyard builders exempt from draft
U.S. Chamber of Commerce promoted the workers by giving flags to families & asking automobile owners to give rides to work.

12. Shipyards used fabrication techniques
Government usage of commercial and private ships

13. Where in Jersey was one of the largest shipyards during WWI?

15. Convoy System
German U-Boats attacking merchant ships in Atlantic

16. Vice Admiral William S. Sims suggests the convoy system

17. Heavy guard of destroyers escort merchant ships across Atlantic in groups and shipping losses cut in half

18. U.S. aided in the North Sea Mine Barrage

19. Fighting in Europe
U.S. supply freshness & enthusiasm in Allied war effort
Determination to hit Germans hard

20. American Expeditionary Force led by General Pershing

21. Americans named Doughboys
Impressed by the sophisticated sites of Paris
Horrified and shocked by the horrors or war

24. New Weapons
First large scale use of modern weapons

25. Machine guns refined and changed warfare as it was known

26. The tank and Airplane were the two most innovative as they began mechanized warfare

29. Observation Balloons

30. Poison Gas

32. Hazards
Horrific injuries
Filth
Lice and rats
Polluted water

33. Poison gas
Stench of decaying bodies
Lack of sleep and shell shock (permanent emotional collapse)

34. Trench foot which led to amputation
Infection of gums and throat (trench mouth)

35. Allied Offensive Russia pulled out of the war in 1917
Germans shifted to western front

36. Americans arrive just in time to help stop the German advance at Cantigny in France.
After several battles of pushing Germans back, The Second Battle of Marne was won by the Allies with American help

37. Collapse of Germany
November 1918 – Austria-Hungary surrendered to Allies
German sailors mutinied against government authority
Socialist leaders establish a German Republic in Berlin

38. Germans too exhausted to continue fighting
11th hour, 11th day, 11th month of 1918 Germany agreed to ceasefire and signed armistice

39. The Toll Bloodiest war in history up to that time
22 million deaths/half civilian
$338 billion costs

40. Alvin York
American war hero who fought in the Meuse-Argonne area

41. Sought exemption as a conscientious objector
decided that acceptable to fight if cause is just
killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners
promoted to sergeant and became a celebrity

43. Eddie Richenbacker Famous fighter pilot of WWI
racecar driver prior to war

44. Repeatedly fought the Flying Circus (German Air Squadron led by the Red Baron)
engaged in 134 battles and downed 26 enemy aircraft
Allied pilot with the most victories “American ace of aces”

45. More about Richenbacker
German heritage led to belief he was spy in 1916 during trip to Paris
Became an engineer and practiced flying in his free time
Developed principles of aviation warfare

46. The Red Baron
Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen