1. U.S. joins WWI

2. Draftees and Volunteers
Selective Service Act (May 1917)—authorizes the draft of men
24 million registered; 3 million picked
Women
11,000 volunteer as nurses, drivers, and clerks

3. Training & Shipping Troops
U.S. troop problems:
Little training
Transporting overseas without being sunk
Convoy - unarmed troop ships surrounded by destroyers, torpedo boats, and others armed ships
Very successful!

4. Convoy System

6. U.S. Soldiers Abroad Fresh & energetic
Doughboys  nickname for American troops

7. African American Soldiers
Used for manual labor; not combat
Harlem Hell Fighters
Received highest French combat medal

8. Russia Gov’t overthrown
Lenin made deal with Germany  peace for help to gain power
Withdraws from WWI (Dec. 1917)

9. Paris (March – May 1918) Germans goal to capture Paris
Americans lost over half of troops
Germans were pushed back

10. Cease Fire
Armistice: Nov. 11, 1918 cease fire signed in French railroad car

11. Casualties of War

12. Casualties of War 8 million deaths estimated (5,000 per day)
Lost whole generations of young men
Thousands injured
Lost limbs to bullets and artillery
Trench foot = amputated feet from too much time in wet, muddy trenches
Poison gas caused blindness and lung damage

13. Treaty of Versailles
Negotiations

14. Paris Peace Conference
The Big Four:
United States
France
Great Britain
Italy

15. End of WWI
Notes

16. Paris Peace Conference
The Big Four:
United States
France
Great Britain
Italy

17. Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Wilson’s plan he brought to the conference
Goal was to resolve issues that led to war
Wanted League of Nations

18. League of Nations
An organization where nations join together to ensure security and peace for all its members

19. Versailles Treaty Effects

20. Redrew the Map

21. Germany was to: Treaty of Versailles Accept responsibility for the war
Pay reparations to certain Ally nations
Disarm

22. Outcomes of the War
The Treaty of Versailles is signed (Not by the US though!)
The League of Nations is formed
Article 10 stated countries would have to aid others if attacked Congress feared it would weaken our independence & drag into war
Punishment was so harsh on Germany that it resulted in resentment and a depression in Germany

23. Post War Adjustments Economy boosted US gained power in the world
Returning soldiers welcomed
Shell shock/gloomy
But in need of jobs – affects women and African Americans

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