https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f For U.S. History en-us 2020-11-19 19:06:22 UTC 2020-12-04 14:52:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png wiseas https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946157448 A war America was involved in before WWI was the Spanish American War in 1898. The U.S. was not happy when Spain killed 100,000 Cubans because they wanted to be an independent nation. The U.S. tried to negotiate with Spain in order to avoid going to war. The war only lasted for about half a year. It looks like war only ended when a side gave up. Our involvement in wars seems to be in helping other nations.

Baker-Delaney, Brittney. "American Imperialism and World War I" U.S. History, 11 Nov. 2020, Columbia College. Lecture.
(I'm sorry if this is not the answer you were looking for. I spent an hour trying to find information about this, but I couldn't find anything.)]]> 2020-11-20 17:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946157448 wiseas https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946167926 Trench warfare is a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug close together in the battlefield. It's used when the defenders cause the opposing forces to dig a trench because of the extreme firepower. Opposing forces would have to give up their mobility for protection. During WWI, the Western Front caused trench warfare to reach its highest when millions of German & French soldiers were battling in that area. Soldiers would sometimes stay in the trenches for days or a couple weeks. Some trenches had bunkers  built into them that made it look like an underground military base.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, editor. "Trench Warfare."
     Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, 26 Feb. 2020, 
     www.britannica.com/topic/trench-warfare. Accessed 2 Dec. 2020. 

]]> 2020-11-20 17:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946167926 wiseas https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946170565 Even though there were positives to trench warfare, there were still some negatives from it. The negatives had to do with the poor conditions. The trenches were crowded, damp, infested with pest, and smelled awful. Soldiers came across diseases and infections such as trench fever, trench nephritis, trench foot, and trench mouth. These would cause amputations to limbs and even death.

Mcilveen, Cara, and Ella James. "Positives and Negatives of Trench Warfare."
     AIF TRENCH WARFARE IN WWI, edited by Cara Mcilveen and Ella James, 20 
     Nov. 2013, aiftrenchwarfareww1.weebly.com/ 
     what-are-the-positives-and-negatives-of-trench-warfare.html#:~:text=A%20negative% 
     20that%20trench%20warfare,amputated%20limbs%20and%20even%20death. Accessed 
     2 Dec. 2020. ]]> 2020-11-20 17:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946170565 wiseas https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946172789 WWI brought many new military weapons to the table. One of them was tanks. A tank is a combat vehicle that uses endless metal chains called tracks to move. Tanks are heavily armoured and armed. The tanks used in WWI were called Mark I. The Mark I was developed in Great Britain by the Armoured Car Division of the Royal Naval Air Service in September, 1915, and was proven to be great for attacking and defending.

Ogorkiewicz, Richard Marian. "Tank." Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, 26 
     Mar. 2020, www.britannica.com/technology/tank-military-vehicle. Accessed 2 
     Dec. 2020. 

]]> 2020-11-20 17:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946172789 wiseas https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946173707 Another new weapon that was brought to the table during WWI was the grenade. Back then, they were called "hand bombs." Grenades were useful in killing an enemy that was underground or behind cover. 5 different types of grenades were used in the war: Offense, defence, gas, smoke, and illuminating. Offensive grenades wounded by using shock waves or concussions, while defensive grenades would scatter shell fragments by exploding.

Kansas City. "Grenades." The National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City, 
     2020, www.theworldwar.org/learn/wwi/grenades. Accessed 2 Dec. 2020. ]]> 2020-11-20 17:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946173707 wiseas https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946175081 WWI also led to the invention of the machine gun. It dominated the battle field because of its ability to fire between 500-1,000 rounds per minute from the long belts of ammunition and the range was great. You could fire this weapon for a while until it would either run out of ammo, or overheat. That was a common problem with machine guns back then, but they were quickly redesigned and became water-cooled. Machine guns were really useful in defending. The enemy would only have time to hide instead of shooting because of the rapid fire from the machine gun. Since then, machine guns have gone through many changes in terms of rounds per minute (rpm), how the gun is cooled, size, and power.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Machine Guns." Britannica, 
     Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 May 2020, www.britannica.com/technology/ 
     machine-gun. Accessed 2 Dec. 2020. 

]]> 2020-11-20 17:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946175081 wiseas https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946177814 A stalemate is when both sides can't win. The reason why this would happen is because both sides would stay in the trenches and not come out. This caused the battles to become long and slow. Armies had to come up with new tactics to try and kill their enemies. Like trying to throw grenades into the trenches to try and kill multiple people or draw them out.

Weebly. "TRENCH WARFARE, NO MANS LAND, AND STALEMATE." WWI, Weebly, 
     worldwariinformation.weebly.com/ 
     trench-warfare-stalemate.html#:~:text=Stalemate%2D%20A%20situation%20in%20which,s 
     ide%20would%20leave%20their%20trenches. Accessed 2 Dec. 2020. 

]]> 2020-11-20 17:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946177814 wiseas https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946178889 When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, they had the second largest Navy in the world. The U.S. was focused on building destroyers and submarine chasers, so they could protect Allied shipping from German U-boats. The first 14,000 American troops landed in France at the port of Saint-Nazaire. These troops were not trained very well because training takes months, but were able to receive more training from the camps set up in France. America also established communication and supply networks. America's well-supplied forces became the major turning point in the war.

History.com Editors. "First U.S. troops arrive in France." HISTORY, A&E
     Television Networks, 16 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/
     first-u-s-troops-arrive-in-france. Accessed 2 Dec. 2020.

Royde-Smith, John Graham, and Dennis E. Showalter. "World War I." Britannica, 
     Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 Nov. 2020, www.britannica.com/event/ 
     World-War-I. Accessed 2 Dec. 2020. 

]]> 2020-11-20 17:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946178889 wiseas https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946182565 Using aircrafts in WWI created aerial warfare. Planes were found useful in ground battles by disrupting the enemy. The planes would fly down to a low altitude and drop explosives like bombs and grenades. Machine guns were also used in the planes. Bombs were also dropped on factories and home front bases as a strategy.   The need for pilots grew, so training would only last a few hours. However, that proved to be fatal.

Keitch, Charlie, and Josh Blair. "WHAT IMPACT DID THE FIRST WORLD WAR HAVE ON
     AIRCRAFT AND AERIAL WARFARE?" Imperial War Museums, IWM, 7 Dec. 2017, 
     www.iwm.org.uk/learning/resources/ 
     what-impact-did-the-first-world-war-have-on-aircraft-and-aerial-warfare#:~:text=A 
     t%20the%20start%20of%20the,and%20what%20they%20were%20doing. Accessed 2 
     Dec. 2020. ]]> 2020-11-20 17:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946182565 wiseas https://padlet.com/wiseas/gizdlp436fva6s9f/wish/946183631 After the war was over, soldiers started to return home, but not all of them came home with smiles on their faces. One of the first things they did was find a job, but that was difficult because of the thousands of people that filled the employment market every day. Some soldiers had suffered psychological trauma due to the horrors of the war and couldn't get any help for that. The biggest problem that returning soldiers had was injuries. Soldiers came home with either broken bones, cuts, scars, missing limbs, missing bones, or organ damage. These injuries would affect how the soldiers would live, for the rest of their lives.

BBC History Magazine. "First World War soldiers: life after the Armistice."
     HistoryExtra, BBC History Magazine, Nov. 2009, www.historyextra.com/ 
     period/first-world-war/first-world-war-soldiers-life-after-the-armistice/. 
     Accessed 2 Dec. 2020. 

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