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More than 350,000 african americans served in segregated units in WW1 their main roles were as support troops, but several units saw action alongside french soldiers. 171 African American soldiers were awarded the french legion of honor after the war.

https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart7.html#:~:text=More%20than%20350%2C000%20African%20Americans,the%20French%20Legion%20of%20Honor.

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During WW1 women played a large role. Women were in demand, for working on land, in transport, on hospitals and especially in industry and engineering. Women in WW1 were involved in the vital munitions factories, building ships and doing labor such as loading and unloading coal. They took on the role back home when their loved ones were serving, and if the women were over in Europe fighting they took on an even bigger role there.
https://www.thoughtco.com/women-and-work-world-war-1-1222030#:~:text=Women%20were%20suddenly%20in%20demand,women%20by%20the%20war's%20end.

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This poster is targeting women again saying to support their sons, brothers, uncles, husbands etc: Because if the women start supporting and putting more money into the war, the men in their families have a bigger and better chance of winning the war.
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wwipos/background.html

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This poster similar to the first propaganda poster is asking for the civilians help in funding the war and giving money to the military to help better their chances of winning the war and defeating the Germans, it is also saying that even the smallest amount of money can and will help their soldiers.

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wwipos/background.html

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This poster was released during WW1 and it was asking for the people to step forward and do their part while the women who are saving the men's lives, and the soldiers who are fighting are doing their part in the war that you have a part as well.

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wwipos/background.html

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Only 2 million men volunteered/enlisted into the war, which was nowhere near enough.  Other countries had the numbers and the U.S needed more men, 4.8 million men who served were drafted they did not volunteer. The draft was needed, but men did not want to volunteer and the spanish influenza played a part because then the men who volunteered would not just have to worry about the enemy they would have to worry about dying from a flu.

https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/recruitment-conscripts-and-volunteers

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During WW1 the world was hit with a devastating pandemic, the spanish influenza. The spanish influenza could not have happened at a worse time then in the middle of a war. The pandemic went on from 1918-1919 killing anywhere from 20-40 million people. And sadly half of the men in the war serving over in Europe died from the pandemic not the enemy.
https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/#:~:text=The%20influenza%20pandemic%20of%201918%2D1919%20killed%20more%20people%20than,epidemic%20in%20recorded%20world%20history.

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The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) was a formation of the United States army on the Western front of WW1and it was based on American troops serving in Europe at the time and it was established in 1917.

https://www.loc.gov/collections/stars-and-stripes/articles-and-essays/a-world-at-war/american-expeditionary-forces/

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During WW1 U.S soldiers earned the nickname "doughboys" but where did they get their nickname from? When the uniforms were made they had clay on them so when the men were outside and it was raining the clay on the uniforms got wet and looked like doughy blobs leading to the nickname doughboys.

https://www.history.com/news/why-were-americans-who-served-in-world-war-i-called-doughboys#:~:text=Mencken%20claimed%20the%20nickname%20could,leading%20to%20the%20doughboy%20moniker.

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The Selective service act was a law that was passed to help boost the military. The law allowed the president to be able to draft men between the ages of 21-31 into the military. This helped boost the numbers greatly, by creating a larger and stronger military it gave the U.S the upper hand.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act