The U.S Enters World War I

Read Chapter 19-2 and post your answers to the following questions. These are due on Friday by 3:10 p.m.
Title: The U.S. enters World War I Labels: Wilson, WWI

1. How did the United States raise an army?

The U.S. raised an army with the Selective Service act, which required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.

2. How did U.S. soldiers help win the war?

U.S. soldiers helped win the second battle of Marne, which caused the tide to turn against the Central Powers.

3. What were the estimated economic costs of the war?

The estimated economic cost of the war was $338 billion.

4. What did the war cost in terms of the number of civilian deaths; military deaths?; injuries?; and refugees?

The total death toll of WWI was around 22 million, more than half of those deaths were civillian (the rest military,)20 million people were wounded or injured and 10 million people became refugees.

5. Define armistice.

Armistice is the truce that ended the war.