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The Selective Service Act is an act that required all men between the ages 21 and 30 to register for the military.

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When American troops made long journeys through dusty land, they were covered in dust and clay which made them look like they were covered in flour or dough.

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The AEF is the American Expeditionary Force under the commander John J. Pershing. It had American troops that went to France and played an important role in the fighting of France.

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Spanish Flu Impact on Building US Military

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Spanish Flu Impact on Building US Military

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The Spanish Flu killed about 200,000 Americans. Thousands of doughboys were killed by the Spanish Flu.

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There were 200,000 volunteered soldiers for WWI. It wasn’t enough so they passed the Selective Service Act which raised it from 200,000 soldiers to 4 million soldiers by the end of the war.

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The poster is a picture of Uncle Sam and he is trying to make it seem like he is wanting you personally to join the US Army. It is meant to inspire you to enlist into the army.

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The poster is showing that many other people are in line ready to help so that means you should to. It is trying to show that you need to be like everyone else and enlist.

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The duties that African Americans had were unloading ships, transporting materials from train depots, bases and ports. They also had to dig the trenches that soldiers would stand in. They also did cooking and maintenance. Another thing that they had to do was remove barbed wire and bury soldiers.

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Step into Your Place. 1915. Smithsonianmag.com, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July
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Onion, Amanda, et al., editors. "President Wilson Asks For Declaration of War."
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Nix, Elizabeth. "Why Were American Soldiers in WWI Called Doughboys?"
History.com, A&E Television Networks, 28 Sept. 2018, www.history.com/
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Accessed 3 Dec. 2020.

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The poster is saying be on the side of the window that’s helping the soldiers and helping the country instead of being on the side that is just standing there watching.

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Montgomery, James. I Want You for U.S. Army. 1917. Smithsonianmag.com,
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posters-sold-world-war-i-american-public-180952179/. Accessed 3 Dec. 2020.

Klein, Christopher. "How America Struggled to Bury the Dead During the 1918 Flu
Pandemic." History.com, A&E Television Networks, 12 Feb. 2020,  www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-pandemic-dead. Accessed 3 Dec. 2020.

Brey, Laura. Enlist/ On Which Side of the Are You? 1917. Smithsonianmag.com,
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Blakemore, Erin. "How Women Fought Their Way Into the U.S. Armed Forces."
History.com, A&E Television Networks, 29 June 2018, www.history.com/news/women-fought-armed-forces-war-service. Accessed 3 Dec. 2020.

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Women who were not nurses could enlist into the military. Majority of them were volunteers, but only a few were chosen to work in clerical positions.