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WWI
Vocabulary 2 Amer POwer Tips the Balance
| Eddie Rickenbacker | famous fighter pilot of WWI, was well known as a race car driver before the war. He went to France as a driver but switched to the aviation division. He learned to fly on his own time & joined the U.S. Army Air Service. |
| Selective Service Act | passed on May 18, 1917, this legislation required men between the ages of 21 – 31 to register for military service. In 1918, the age requirement was changed to 18 – 45. |
| convoy system | the method used to protect merchant ships from U-boat attacks by having the ships travel in large groups escorted by warships. |
| American Expeditionary Forces | The U.S. forces led by General John Pershing who fought with the Allies in Europe during WWI. |
| General John Pershing | led the AEF during WWI, |
| Doughboys | nickname given to U.S. infantry men during WWI possibly because of the white belts they wore which they cleaned with pipe clay. |
| Flying Circus | A German air squadron led by the “Red Baron”, a great German pilot (Manfred von Richthofen). |
| Alvin York | originally a conscientious objector to WWI, he became one of America’s greatest war heroes. A redheaded mountaineer & blacksmith from Tennessee, he became famous for heroism during WWI & was promoted to sergeant. |
| Conscientious objector | a person who opposes warfare. |
| Red Baron | nickname of a famous German pilot during WWI (Manfred von Richthofen). |
| armistice | a truce, or agreement to end an armed conflict. |
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