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Many posters like this one were posted all over cities.

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The war in total had cost $35.5 billion for the U.S. The government had already increased taxes and they didn't want to continue that. So they had to come up with a way for the public to help raise money to support the war. This is when the Nation came up with the first ever Propaganda agency called the Committee on Public Information. Newspaper companies helped with sending out information and pictures to convince with people to help.

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Many signs were then posted in towns to encourage people to work together.

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Because WWI had many conflicts with it congress decided to give power to Wilson. Wilson started changing things and made prices lower for the people. A board in particular that was established in 1917 by Bernard M. Baruch (a business man) was called the War Industries Board (WIB). This board was made to encourage companies to use mass-production techniques. Because of all this help the economy finally started picking up which was good fro everyone all around. Of course there were other agencies that helped like, The Railroad Administration, and The Fuel Administration. To then help produce and conserve food Wilson made up the Food Administration.

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This is the Zimmerman note which helped Germany 

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Germany wanted to go to war with America. But to do this they had to wait to for the “actual overt acts.” When it finally came, the first step was the Zimmermann note. This was a secret telegram from the German minister to the German ambassador in Mexico to tell them what was going on by the British agents. At the same time Russia was having some issues with the central powers. Because of this they pulled out of the war giving Germany a better chance of winning. On April 2nd, 1917 there was a crowd of people waiting to hear what President Wilson would say about the war resolution. He said that they would join the war in order to have peace and freedom.

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Britain at this point in the war they are using more naval strength. Just like when it blockaded the German coast and prevented weapons and other things getting through. Germany then responded to this by using U-boats. The U-boats were a way to sink British or Allied ships without them knowing. Then in 1916 the election came around Wilson had won and Hughes had told reporters that he had actually won but that wasn’t the case.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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There were many criticisms about the war between Germany and England over controls in China . Many people than wanted peace in the world and were deciding to not send their son off to war. This then effected the economic ties between the Allies and America.

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Men resting in the trenches so they can go back to fighting.

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In June 1914 the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, he was on the throne of Austria. The person who shot him was a Serbian citizen. So on July 28 Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia. On August 3rd, 1914 is when the fighting really started. Germany had invaded Belgium and because Germany was so powerful the Allies retreated the Marne River in France. The trenches had created a lot of help for the nations because then soldiers would be able to rest and created more of a maze for the opposing nations, making it harder to find them.

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Nationalism is about wanting to be in similar culture with another nation. This then lead to competition among each other.
Imperialism- nations through out time wanted to build up their power through economics, political control, and the making of markets.
Militarism- This is about being the best of military force of all the nations. By 1890 their was then many drafts and military expansions.
Alliance system- by 1907 there was a 2 defense alliances in Europe. Eventually that turned in The Triple Entente which is also known as the allies. The Central powers were empires from the Middle Eastern lands. Many then wanted to read a balance of power.

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After a long battle of fighting, Germans decided to agree to a cease to fire and signed the truce that ended the war. The casualties in total were 22 million, 20 million wounded, and 10 million refugees.

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As Germanys economy went down, lines of citizens were struggling. This led Austria-Hungary to surrender on November 3rd. Socialist leaders then formed a German republic on November 9th.

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As the Allie’s continued after the battle of Marne, they went for the French city of sedan and fought at the Argonne forest. It was full of weaponry and resulted in Americans suffering 120000 casualties.

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As a last offensive move on the U.S. Germany launched their offense on July 15 and suffered a large loss of 1500000. They then retreated on August 3rd in result.

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This was a bloody battle that used new weapons that weren’t used before. Machine guns caused 90 of allied casualties, while there were 60,000 just on the first day. In total there were 1.2 million casualties.

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In 1917 Russia pulled out of war causing German to focus on the western front in France. After, the American expeditionary forced was formed in France determined to fight against whatever came.

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Memorandum to war cabinet on trade blockade that resulted in the need for the convoy system.

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Due to the German U-boats causing great damage, the U.S. had to create new methods to fight back. One way was creating protection to their ships using the convoy system. This was for merchant ships to be escorted there and back from the Atlantic in groups. It results in shipping losses being cut in half.

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Native Americans were used to convert messages in their languages. The Asians and Hispanics were given programs in New Mexico and Georgia. The Jewish Welfare Board was established for servicemen overseas.

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This is an image of the Selective Service Act of 1917.

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This act required men to be randomly chosen for military service. It was done to raise an army and ended up with 3 million registered soldiers in 1918. There was diversity in the selected soldiers but they weren’t equally treated.