Building a Military by Jordan Kilonzo https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn By Lily Blakey & Jordan Kilonzo en-us 2020-11-30 17:47:54 UTC 2025-11-17 17:20:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1f1-1f1f7.png Selective Service Act blakeylr https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972576473 This act was passed 6 weeks after the US entered WW1, and this act let the president draft soldiers into the war. The main reason they passed this act was because the US was trying its best to help its allie:, France, Britain, Russia, and Italy, but what they needed most was troops to fight, However, the US only had around 100,000 soldiers, so they passed this act to get the amount of troops they needed, quickly. This helped build the military because it got us the troops we lacked.
Citation: History.com Editors. "U.S. Congress Passes Selective Service Act." HISTORY, 5 
     Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ 
     u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act. Accessed 2 Dec. 2020. 
research by: Lily Blakey]]> 2020-11-30 17:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972576473 American "Doughboy" Troops blakeylr https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972593479 It is unknown as to why they were called doughboys, but it was mostly used to call troops deployed to Europe through the US army. Some of the most common theories as to how their name came to be are from way back to the Mexican war, troops had to walk many miles in dusty terrain, which made it appear like they were covered in “flour/dough”. Another common theory is some soldiers would keep the piping on their uniforms through the use of clay, so when the troops would get rained on the clay on their uniforms turned into “clay blobs”.
Citation: Nix, Elizabeth. "Why Were American Soldiers in WWI Called Doughboys?"
     HISTORY, 18 Sept. 2018, www.history.com/news/ 
     why-were-americans-who-served-in-world-war-i-called-doughboys#:~:text=Mencken%20c 
     laimed%20the%20nickname%20could,leading%20to%20the%20doughboy%20moniker. 
     Accessed 2 Dec. 2020. 
Research by: Lily Blakey

]]> 2020-11-30 18:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972593479 Propaganda Poster #1 kilonzojn https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972607363 This propaganda poster is showing that any able body male is wanted in the USA Army.(Cook, Jia-Rui, JRC. "Smithsonian." Smithsoinian, edited by Jia-Rui Cook, JRC, Jia-Rui Cook, 3 Nov. 2014, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/posters-sold-world-war-i-american-public-180952179/. Accessed 30 Nov. 2020.) Jordan Kilonzo]]> 2020-11-30 18:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972607363 The AEF blakeylr https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972612323 The AEF aka The American Expeditionary Forces was the US army on the Western Front in WW1. They were created to be the relief army to the tired French and British soldiers. However, they did not come into fight until October.
Citation: Library of Congress. "The American Expeditionary Forces." Library of Congress, 
     14 Sept. 2018, www.loc.gov/collections/stars-and-stripes/ 
     articles-and-essays/a-world-at-war/american-expeditionary-forces/. Accessed 
     2 Dec. 2020. 
Research by: Lily Blakey]]> 2020-11-30 18:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972612323 Propaganda Poster #2 kilonzojn https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972617908 This propaganda poster is showing that it is your duty to serve in the US Army.(Cook, Jia-Rui, JRC. "Smithsonian." Smithsoinian, edited by Jia-Rui Cook, JRC, Jia-Rui Cook, 3 Nov. 2014, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/posters-sold-world-war-i-american-public-180952179/. Accessed 30 Nov. 2020.0
Jordan Kilonzo  ]]> 2020-11-30 18:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972617908 Spanish Influenza blakeylr https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972626332 The flu had a very big impact on the military and their ability to build one and the flu stayed with the army from camp to camp. From September to November of 1918 it affected 20% to 40% of the soldiers. This affected America's army because it made some of the soldiers weak which weakened the whole army during battle, and they had to worry about the virus spreading to the rest of the army. 
Citation: Byerly, Carol R. "The U.S. Military and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918–1919."
     PMC, 2010, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862337/ 
     #:~:text=The%20virus%20traveled%20with%20military,U.S.%20Army%20and%20Navy%20pers 
     onnel. Accessed 2 Dec. 2020. 
Research by: Lily Blakey

]]> 2020-11-30 18:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972626332 Propaganda Poster #3 kilonzojn https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972638955 This propaganda poster is showing that every single person needs to help/support the war.(Cook, Jia-Rui, JRC. "Smithsonian." Smithsoinian, edited by Jia-Rui Cook, JRC, Jia-Rui Cook, 3 Nov. 2014, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/posters-sold-world-war-i-american-public-180952179/. Accessed 30 Nov. 2020.) Jordan Kilonzo ]]> 2020-11-30 18:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972638955 Soldiers Volunteering blakeylr https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972644508 There were 4 million soldiers that volunteered for WW1 thanks to patriotism and the Selective Service Act. Even though the amount seems huge, it was not enough for the entirety of the war.
Citation: VOA. "American Volunteers Entered World War I Early." VOANEWS, 18 Feb. 2015, 
     www.voanews.com/usa/ 
     american-volunteers-entered-world-war-i-early#:~:text=The%20first%20small%20conti 
     ngent%20of,France%20and%20Britain%20defeat%20Germany. 
Research by: Lily Blakey]]> 2020-11-30 18:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972644508 Propaganda Poster #4 kilonzojn https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972655475 The roles women played in WWI are. Munitions manufacturers, nurses on battleships.(Women at Work: WWI. London Metropolitan University, 4 Apr. 2008, www.striking-women.org/module/women-and-work/world-war-i-1914-1918#:~:text=wages%20and%20rights-,Women's%20work%20in%20WW1,to%20fight%20in%20the%20war.&text=Though%20there%20was%20initial%20resistance,need%20for%20women%20workers%20urgent. Accessed 30 Nov. 2020.) Jordan Kilonzo

]]> 2020-11-30 18:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972655475 Propaganda Poster #5 kilonzojn https://padlet.com/kilonzojn/2uh6f5vluopb1rsn/wish/972674282 The role African-American soldiers played were support units to the French.("African-American Troops in WWI." The African-American Odyssey, May 2000, www.loc.gov/exhibits/african-american-odyssey/world-war-i-and-postwar-society.html#:~:text=More%20than%20350%2C000%20African%20Americans,the%20French%20Legion%20of%20Honor. Accessed 30 Nov. 2020.) Jordan Kilonzo

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