1. World War 1: Chapter 14 Section 3

2. New Weapons Tanks Airplanes (Dog fights) Machine Guns Poison Gas
Warfare was now powered by ?
Machine Guns
Poison Gas
Chart on pages

3. Fighting Methods British Blockade
Caused famine
German response
Convoy System- merchant & transport ships were gathered together and escorted by warships
Trench Warfare
Western Front-Most battles/France/not far from Paris
No Man’s Land- land between the opposing trenches

5. Convoy System?

6. Trench Warfare?

9. America Prepares for War
Mobilized = to organize or prepare for something.
1) Selective Service Act—All had to sign up for
draft!
The Draft (conscription)—LOTTERY!
24 Million = registered
3 Million = drafted
2 Million = sent to Europe
1.5 Million = saw combat

10. America’s Force American Reinforcement
Troops were nicknamed “Dough Boys”
Used to augment British and French lines.
By the May of 1918, the U.S. troops carried on their own missions and were backed by the French & British.

11. America’s Leader General John J. Pershing
A.K.A. “Black Jack”
Kept U.S. together—led the American Expeditionary Force (Americans sent to fight with France against Germans)
Expedited the Allied Victory
Transforming inexperienced troops into an effective military force

12. Battle of Argonne Forest
Obstacles of battle
Steep, not flat
Miles of hidden German barbed wire
Concrete walls
Deep, pit traps
Machine gun nests
One of the greatest American battles of the war
Located in northern France

13. Battle Results
General Pershing led 600,000 soldiers to break through German lines
Lasted month and a half
1.2 million Americans involved
Final & most important battle of the AEF –American Expeditionary Forces
(beginning of the END)

14. America’s Hero on the ground
Alvin York
WWI soldier who won Congressional Medal of Honor for Valor
“The greatest thing accomplished by any private soldier of all the armies of Europe.”
On one day in 1918, he helped to kill 28 Germans and capture another 132 with only a rifle.

15. Immigrant Americans ?ed
Espionage Act of crime to criticize the war effort, or offer intelligence to enemy.
Schenck vs U.S.- convicted for distributing literature that encouraged men to resist draft. (limits free speech) 1st Amen

16. America’s Unsung Heroes
369th Regiment
“The Harlem Hell-Fighters”
Segregated unit of all-black troops.
Helped the French fight the Germans on the Western Front.
One Medal of Honor and many Distinguished Service Crosses.

17. Medical Services Red Cross Fighting Infection
Trench Foot
Beginning of Plastic Surgery
Skin Grafts to help heal facial wounds.

18. Winning the War Austria-Hungary Surrenders & Germany Collapses
-November 11, 1918 ( )
-Cease Fire and Armistice

19. Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations- members help preserve peace & protect each other’s territory/political independence.
Germany stripped of armed forces
Germany pays reparations (war damages) of 33 Billion
Germany must acknowledge guilt for outbreak of the war and devastation it caused.

20. Which of the following phrases best completes the title above?
Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Which of the following phrases best completes the title above?
Creation of the League of Nations
U.S. Entrance into World War I
Formation of the Allied Powers
U.S. Decision to Contain Communism