https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire Dickson, Duncan, Jenkins, Benesch, Woodard, Karadas en-us 2017-11-06 15:01:47 UTC 2026-03-02 19:07:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png mcgwiredickson https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire/wish/203926014 - Germany kept "poking" the US into the war
- The pressure of Great Britain and France falling and the US would lose the money that was owed to them by the allied powers
- The Germans released the Kaiser that states that any ship that enter British waters will be sunk no matter if they are hostile or neutral
- Germany sent a telegram, called the Zimmerman note, to Mexico stating to join Germany and fight the US for there land back, but it was intercepted by the British
- Germany sunk 4 American merchant ships killing 36 Americans
- To prevent Germans from threatening US shipping

]]> 2017-11-06 15:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire/wish/203926014 https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire/wish/203931671 -in 1918 is when the ww1 introduces new hazardous weapons which lead to more injuries
-one hazard was poisonous gas which not also killed many more soldiers but also left the smell of decaying bodies.
-a term called trench foot is caused by standing in cold wet trenches for long periods of time without changing into dry socks or boots.
-another trench term is trench mouth is a nasty deadly disease in your gums.
-dysentery was caused by the soldiers surroundings such as filth,rats,lice, and polluted water
-a hazardous effect thats nit physical is called shell shocked and thats the mental state of a soldier when they are about to mentally collapse.]]> 2017-11-06 15:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire/wish/203931671 https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire/wish/203933756 - The U.S. entered the war in 1917.
- York killed 25 German men, with the help of others abducted 132 prisoners and was only armed with a rife and a revolver. 
- November, 1918 Austria-Hungary surrendered to the Allies.
- The Germans were too tired to continue fighting so in 1918, Germany agreed to cease-fire which ended the war.
- 22 million people died, more than half of them were civilians, 20 million people were injured, and 10 million more people became refugees. ]]> 2017-11-06 15:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire/wish/203933756 https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire/wish/203933911 Selective Service Act:
-Government need more fighting power
-Required men to register with government in order to be randomly selected for military service
-24 million people were registered
--> 3 million people were called up

Mass Production:
-transport men, food, and equipment over thousands of miles of ocean
-US government took 4 crucial steps:
1) The shipyard workers were not part of the draft. In order to built ships.
2) US Chamber of commerce joined in public relations campaign
3) Parts of the ships were preassembled in other locations to save time. And then brought to one location to be assemble them.
4) took over commercial and private ships to convert them for transatlantic war use.

]]> 2017-11-06 15:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire/wish/203933911 https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire/wish/203935861 1. The American Expeditionary Force was the expeditionary force of the United State Army during World War 1. It was establish on 1917, in France under the leadership of General John J. Pershing.
2. The Doughboys was an informal term for a member of the United State Army, Especially used to refer to members of the American Expeditionary Force.
3. A Conscientious Objector was an individual who did not fight in World War 1.
4. Alvin York receive the Medal of Honer for leading an attack on the Germans machine gun nest, taking 35 machine guns, killed at least 25 enemy soldiers, and captured 132.


]]> 2017-11-06 15:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire/wish/203935861 https://padlet.com/mcgwiredickson/mcgwire/wish/203954896 - Tanks: Tanks were used to tear down barbed wire and mow down soldiers. pg.#385
- Machine Guns: Helped to shoot opposing soldiers in a faster time span. (600 rounds per minute) pg.#384
- Airplanes: Some airplanes contained front-mounded machine guns and dropped bombs. pg.#384
- Poisonous Gas/ Gas masks: Poison gas was released which suffocated, burned, and even blinded soldiers. Gas masks were created to help soldiers overcome the poison gas. pg.#385


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