🍗chapter 19 section 2 guided reading Flashcards
(5 cards)
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How did U.S. Soldiers help win the war?
A
Brought freshness and enthusiasm because men were exhausted.
1
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How did the United States raises an army?
A
- selective service act:draft
- enlist(volunteer)
2
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How did the United States build its naval force?
A
- accepted volunteers to create naval force
- used a draft to get men to fight and build
- shipyard workers were exempted from draft
- accepted women to help build ships
- positive propaganda for shipyard work, took commercial/private ships and converted to war ships
3
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How did the U.S. Navy help with the war?
A
- helped lay down a barrier of bombs across the North Sea
- convoy system- small naval destroyers that would search the waters for U boats
4
Q
What new weapons of mechanized warfare threatened those in combat.
A
- machine guns
- poison gas
- tanks
- airplanes
- trench warfare
- submarines
