1. American Power Tips the Balance

2. Objectives Describe how the United States mobilized for war
Summarize U.S. battlefield successes
Identify the new weapons and the medical problems faced in World War I
Describe the end of the war

3. Only 200,000 men were in service at the start of the war
America Mobilizes
Raising an Army
Only 200,000 men were in service at the start of the war
Required all men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service
Selective Service Act

4. America Mobilizes Army Corps of Nurses Nurses Secretaries
Raising an Army (cont.)
24 million register
3 million called up
1,500,000 see combat
400,000 African Americans serve
Most non combat and in segregated units
369th – most continuous front line duty
2 million reach Europe
Women are not allowed to enlist
Army Corps of Nurses
No rank
No pay or benefits
~13,000 women accept noncombat positions
Nurses
Secretaries
Telephone operators

5. America Mobilizes Shipyard workers Mass Production Service flags
“deferred” classification
Shipyard workers
Importance of shipyards
Service flags
Fabrication techniques
Built standardized parts
Took over private and commercial ships
Converted them for transatlantic war use

6. America Turns the Tide Allies had fought hard and long for 2 ½ years
Fighting in Europe
Convoy System
Heavy guard of destroyers escort merchant ships back and forth
U.S. Navy helped lay mines in the North Sea from Scotland to Norway
Allies had fought hard and long for 2 ½ years
American are fresh and eager
More than men, they bring enthusiasm

7. Fighting “Over There” American Expeditionary Force
New Weapons
American Expeditionary Force
doughboys
General John J. “Blackjack” Pershing
Machine Gun
Tank
Caterpillar track
Steal
Airplane
Early scouting
Dog fighting
bombing
Mechanized Warfare

8. The War Introduces New Hazards
Filthy condition
Lice
Rats
Polluted water
Dysentery
Poison gas
Lack of sleep
“shell shock”
Trench foot
Toes would turn red or blue
Numbness
Rot
Amputation

9. American Troops Go on the Offensive
American War Hero
The Collapse of Germany
Alvin York
Conscientious objector
“thou shall not kill”
Killed 25
Captured 132
Nov. 3, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrenders
Same day there is a mutiny all through the German navy
Groups of soldiers and workers organize revolutionary councils
Armistice

10. American Troops Go on the Offensive
The Final Toll
To that time, bloodiest war in history
22,000,000 dead
½ of those civilians
10,000,000 refugees
$338,000,000,000
American losses
48,000 killed
62,000 died of disease
200,000 wounded

11. How did the United States raise an army during World War I
How did the United States raise an army during World War I? How did the United States increase ship production? What was the significance of the convoy system? How did the arrival of new American troops affect the spirit of Allied troops?

12. Who led the American Troops in Europe
Who led the American Troops in Europe? What new weapons were used during World War I? How did medical services respond to the physical and emotional wounds suffered by the soldiers?

13. What caused the collapse of Germany
What caused the collapse of Germany? How many people died during World War I?