The U.S. enters World War I

Read Chapter 19-2 and post your answers to the following questions. These are due on Friday by 3:10 p.m.
Title: The U.S. enters World War I Labels: Wilson, WWI

1. How did the United States raise an army?
Congress passed a law that was called the Selective Service Act and it was a law stating that men were required to sign up to be randomly selected to go into the war.

2. How did U.S. soldiers help win the war?
The U.S. soldiers helped win the war by training 17 hours a day, and their freshness and enthusiasm.
3. What were the estimated economic costs of the war?
338 BILLION DOLLARS. DAAAAYUM.

4. What did the war cost in terms of the number of civilian deaths; military deaths?; injuries?; and refugees?
Half of the deaths in the war were citizens and there was 22 million deaths. Twenty million people were wounded and ten million became refugees. The U.S. lost 48,000 men in battle and another 62,000 died because of disease.
5. Define armistice.
Armistice- truce.