U.S. Joins the War

1. RAISING AN ARMY: • - U.S. needed to _______________its army before they could fight • - Selective Service Act: all men ages 21-30 are required to register for the military draft • - _______________: law requiring people of a certain age need to serve in the military • EDUCATING THE TROOPS: • - 25% were ____________________: unable to read or write • - Services: _________________, fight, eat right, _________, write • - Helped to improve educational standards for students & teachers thereafter Which 2 groups, moving from the south to northern cities, continued to suffer racism & exploitation? ______________ & ______________ • MANAGING THE WAR EFFORT: • - U.S. reorganizes economy to produce food, arms & goods needed to fight the war • - Wilson set up gov’t ___________________to oversee the effort • - __________________: system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials U.S. Joins the War • ANTI-GERMAN PREJUDICE: • - __________________________endure suspicion & intolerance during war • - Newspapers questioned their loyalty & mobs attacked them in the streets • - Led some families to __________________________________ • - Schools stopped ________________________________________________ • - Socialists argued that war benefited factory ____________, but not ________________ • - Congress passed laws making it a crime to criticize the gov’t / interfere with war effort • *______________ people arrested for breaking these laws