U.S. Prepares for War - PowerPoint Presentation

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U.S. Prepares for War

By

Jemima

Almonor

,

Arnau

Davis,

Kailyn

Duyn

,

Ana

Gregoire

,

Kaylee

Locker, Julia Marcuzzo, Gabrielle Schwarz, Katrina

Sohl

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American Expeditionary Force

The America’s armed forces were sent over to Europe to fight World War I.

These “

doughboys” were led by General Pershing.General Pershing was the reason why there was an American Expeditionary Force, when he saw that there were simply not enough men to fight.They were called doughboys because they had white adobe dust on their boots.Slide3

Selective Service Act

Drafting all the men they needed for war.

Many men entered because they thought it was the war to end all wars.

At first it was only young men, but as the need for men grew greater, more men were accepted.Slide4

Training

It was supposed to be several months for training the soldiers, however often this didn’t happen and men were shipped out directly to war.

To get the men over to Europe, America used the

convoy system. Because of the threat of German u-boats passenger ships were surrounded by military boats, destroyers and torpedo boats.Slide5

Segregated Units

The Harlem

Hellfighters

, an African American military unit, earned the highest military award in France, Croix de Guerre.Americans were unhappy that African Americans were receiving awards so they instead put them in positions such as cooking and cleaning.