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Chapter 11 Section 2
American Power Tips the Balance (381)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Eddie Rickenbacker? | A WW1 flying ace from Ohio who was a famous racecar driver, but joined the US Air Force and fought such people as the Red Baron, leader of the German Circus |
| What was the Selective Service Act? | It called for men to sign up for the army. 24 million applied, 3 million were randomly selected to go to France. Most soldiers had never even been to highschool |
| Which American regiment saw the most combat? | The 369th Infantry, an African-American regiment. Needham Roberts and Henry Johnson received the cross of war, a high military honor |
| What was the role of women in the war? | About 13,000 women enlisted as nurses secretaries and phone operators, they never achieved real military rank |
| What were the four steps in making the US navy war-ready? | Exempt shipyard workers from the draft. Emphasize the importance of shipyard workers (just as important as soldiers). Assembly lines to make parts. Converted private and commercial ships |
| What system cut British ship losses (that had been sunk by U-boats) in half? | The convoy system, in which a heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships across the Atlantic in groups. |
| What was the most important thing that American troops brought to the war? | Freshness and Enthusiasm! as well as their numbers |
| What was the American Expeditionary Force? | Also called doughboys, it was the group of men led by John Pershing sent to fight in Europe. They were inexperienced and were astonished by the brutality, new weapons and tactics of WWI and modern warfare |
| What were some new weapons that came about in WWI? | Steel tanks with caterpillar treads, improved machine guns, grenades, airplanes (first flimsy, soon acquired machine guns and interrupters to fire through propellers), hot air balloons were used to scout |
| What were some diseases and illnesses acquired during WWI? | trench foot (rotting of toes) trench mouth, mustard gas poisoning, shell shock (PTSD) |
| Where did the US help to push back the Germans who had moved their whole army to the Western front? | Cantigny, Chateau-Theirry |
| Who was Alvin York? | A redheaded mountaineer and blacksmith from Tennessee, he killed 25 Germans and helped capture 132 prisoners at the battle of Meuse-Argonne. |
| What do you call a person who opposes war for moral reasons? eg. The Bible says "Thou shalt not kill" | Conscientious Objectors, some make excpetions if the war's purpose is just. |
| What happened on the battlefront November 9, 1918? | Austria-Hungary surrendered, German sailors rebelled and Germany's kaiser gave up his throne making Germany a republic |
| What was the death toll for WWI? How much did it cost? | about 22 million died, and the whole thing costed about $338 billion |
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