# data[].attributes.body
1. Doughboys was the nickname of American infantrymen
2. The American Expeditionary force was led by General John J. Pershing
3. Alvin York was famous for killing 25 germans and six other doughboys, and also captured 132 prisoners
4. A conscientious objector is a person who opposes warfare on moral grounds.
5.
6.

# data[].attributes.headline
Selective Service Act and Mass Production

# data[].attributes.subject
Selective Service Act and Mass Production

# data[].attributes.body
Madison Sipes
1. The Selective Service Act- required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for the military.
2. By the end of 1918, 24 million men were registered under the act.
3. Most of the inductees had not attended high school and about one in five was foreign-born.
4. Mass Production- United States had to find a way to transport men, food, and equipment over thousands of miles of ocean.
5. The government took over commercial and private ships and converted them for transatlantic war use.
6. The government exempted many shipyard workers from the draft.

# data[].attributes.body
1: American Vice Admiral William S. Sims convinced the British to try the CONVOY SYSTEM, in which a heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups after German U-Boats attacked American merchant ships

2: The US Navy helped lay a 230 mile barrier of mines across the North Sea from Scotland to Norway

3: Fighting in Europe: one of the main contributions that American troops made to the Allied war effort, apart from their numbers was their freshness and enthusiasm

4: In September, US soldiers began to mount offensives against the Germans at Saint-Mihiel and in Meuse Argonne area

5: On October 8 1918, armed only with a rifle and revolver, York killed 25 Germans and- with six
other doughboys- captured 132 prisoners

6: US troops played a major role in throwing back German attacks at Chateau-Thierry

# data[].attributes.body
Zauria

# data[].attributes.headline
Why did the United states join WW1 Part 2 ?

# data[].attributes.subject
Why did the United states join WW1 Part 2 ?

# data[].attributes.body
-Phillip Thompson
1. The British Blockade threatened freedom of the seas and prevented American goods .-378
2. A U-boat sank The British Liner Lusitania lost 128 Americans.-378
3. President Wilson ruled out a military response in favor of a sharp protest to Germany.-379
4.The Germans ignored Wilson's calls for peace. -379
5. Zimmerman note: The telegram proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany and promised Mexico lost territory. -379
6. Wilson and the Americans truly believed that the United States had to join the war to pave the way for a future  order of peace. -380

# data[].attributes.body
ZauriaG
1. ) Tanks - ran on caterpillar treads & were built of steel so that bullets bounced off of them.
2.) French light tanks were used to "mow down" barbed wire & soldiers.
3.) Machine guns - so refined it changed the nature of warfare
4.) airplanes - carried mounted machine guns in them & also heralded mechanized warfare
5.) Poisonous gas - a yellow-green chlorine fog sickened, burned, & blinded its victims
6.) Gas masks - to protect ones self from the poisonous gas

# data[].attributes.body
1. The new weapons and tactics of WW1 led to horrific injuries and hazards -pg 385
2. The fighting men were surrounded by filth, lice, rats, and polluted water.-pg 385
3. Inhalation of poison gas and smelled the stench of decaying bodies-pg 385
4. Physical problems included trench foot and trench mouth.
-pg 385
5. Trench foot which is an exposure to damp, cold, and unsanitary conditions.-pg 385
6. Trench mouth is a infection that causes swelling and ulcers in the gum.-pg 385

# data[].attributes.body
1. The British Blockade: prevented American from reaching German ports--pg. 378
2. Sinking of the Lusitania: 128 Americans died--pg.378
3. Zimmermann Note: Germany tried to turn Mexico against America--pg. 379
4. German ignored Wilson's call for peace--pg. 379
5. Germany's attempt to sink all ships in British waters--pg. 379
6. America could not get Britain to lift the blockade against food and fertilizers--pg. 379