Section 2: American Power Tips the Balance- Starts on P. 381
- How did the U. S. raise an army in World War I? What was the typical demographic profile of a U. S. soldier?
- What role did women play in the military during World War I?
- How were African Americans treated in the military?
- What steps did the U. S. government take to build a naval fleet quickly?
- Make a LIST of some of the new weapons used in World War I. Why do you think that this was sometimes referred to as “The War of the Industrial Revolution?”
- How did the tank and the airplane change modern warfare?
- Why did the Germans ultimately lose the war?
- How might the events of World War I have been different if the U. S. had not entered in 1917?
- What was the emotional impact on the lives of ordinary Dough Boys from their experiences in Europe?