The YanksAre

Coming!

General John J. Pershing, (Black Jack) commanding general of the AEF. Referred to as the Doughboys and

Yanks. 2 million in France by Sept. 1918

AEF

• Conducted military operations against Germany during World War I. Conducted military operations in North Russia. Provided medical and sanitary relief in Poland. Occupied Germany after the war.

Americans in the Trenches

Sgt. York"This uniform ain't for sale."

Impressed the regular army officers with his ability to use a gun. Shot accurately at ranges of 200, 300 and 500 yards. Struggled with the moral issue of killing human beings, and refused to shoot at human silhouettes (targets).

At the battle of the Argonne Forest in the fall of 1918, as a member of the 82nd division, he killed 25 Germans, knocked out 35 machine guns, and captured 132 prisoners almost single-handed.

Recieved the French Medaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre, the Italian Groce de Guerra and the American Medal of Honor.

                                          

Eddie Rickenbacker, America’s Ace Eddie enlisted in the U.S. Army in

May, 1917 as part of the American Expeditionary Forces and arrived in France on June 26.

Formerly a race car driver first confirmed victory on April 24,

1918 May, he became an ace by shooting

down five German airplanes. He was named commander of the

94th, the "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron.

last victory (the 69th) for the 94th occurred on November 10, 1918

Council of National Defense

War Industries Board Bernard Baruch

Food Administration Herbert Hoover

Railroad Administration William McAdoo

National War Labor Board William Howard Taft

War Industries Board• To build weapons for the war, US industry

would undergo a massive change.• From a peacetime industry to a war time

industry…..Led by Bernard Baruch, the WIB set prices

and determined what goods should be produced by private industry….

US Govt. controlled the economy • Contradiction?

War Industries Board

Food Administration: Herbert Hoover heads effort to conserve food and boost agricultural output

US feeds the world from the farms and ranches in the Great Plains… ”Bread basket of the World”Liberty and victory gardensMeatless and wheatless days

U. S. Food Administration

National War Garden Commission

U. S. School Garden Army

U. S. Shipping Board

U. S. Fuel Administration

Results of This New Organization of the

Economy Is it a move towards

socialism? 1. Unemployment virtually disappeared.

2. Expansion of “big government.”3. Excessive govt. regulations in eco.4. Some gross mismanagement -->

overlapping jurisdictions.5. Close cooperation between public

and private sectors.6. Unprecedented opportunities for

disadvantaged groups.

Committee on Public Information

Creel Committee, headed by George Creel, told Americans what the war was about and to publicize the American aims.Propaganda posters to get Americans to support the war

effort.

Committee on Public Information

Selective Service Act

May of 1917, President Wilson and Congress pass into legislation a draft or conscription.

21 to 30 yrs. and later extended to 40 yrs. of

age. Contradiction?

1917 – Selective Service Act 24,000,000 men registered for the

draft by the end of 1918. 2,810,296 drafted and served in

WWI 3.7 million men served in WW1

(2,000,000 saw active combat) Volunteers and draftees

400,000 African-Americansserved in segregated units.

15,000 Native-Americans served as scouts, messengers, and snipers in non-segregated units.

congress actions

congress actions

Financing the war: • Sale of war bonds.• Liberty and victory

loans raised $21 billion.• Raised income taxes

National Security vs. Civil Liberties

forbade actions that obstructed recruitment or efforts to promote insubordination in the military.

ordered the Postmaster General to remove Leftist materials from the mail.

fines of up to $10,000 and/or up to 20 years in prison.

Espionage Act – 1917

•Provided for up to $10,000 in fines and 20 years in prison for interfering with the war effort or using disloyal

language. •At least 1,597 persons were arrested,

and 41 received prison sentences; newspapers criticizing the

government lost mailing privileges.•Congress and President Wilson

enacted this law to promote patriotism, nationalism and protect

the National Security of the US during WWI.

Espionage & Sedition Act, 1918

National Security vs. Civil Liberties

It was a crime to speak against the purchase of war bonds or willfully utter, print, write or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, orabusive language about this form of US Govt.,

the US Constitution, or the US armed forces or to willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production of things necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war…with intent of such curtailment to cripple or hinder, the US in the prosecution of the war.

Sedition Act – 1918

• In 1917 the United States was at War with Germany. WWI

• Charles Schenk, a member of the Socialist Party, handed out leaflets condemning the war and urging young men to resist the military draft.

• He was arrested and convicted for violating the Espionage and Sedition Act of 1917.

• Schenk took his case to the United States Supreme Court arguing that his constitutional right to freedom of speech had been violated.

IssueCan “free speech” be censored or restricted during war time?

SC ruling: Disagreed with SchenkMajority opinion

BUT, every act of speech must be judged according to the circumstances in which

it was spoken.The most stringent protection of free speech

would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a

panic. "Words can be weapons . . .The question in

every case is whether the words used in such circumstances are of such nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has the right to prevent."

• Under normal circumstances, his actions would have been protected by 1st amendment• The country was at war,

Schenk's freedom of speech was not protected.

• SC ruling meant there were limits to freedom of speech in

war time.• From the ruling, the Court established the "clear and present danger" principle to decide whether

or not certain kinds of speech are protected.

Government Excess & Threats

to the Civil Liberties of Americans

4. Abrams v. US – 1919 - majority ruling --> cited Holmes’ “Clear and present danger” doctrine. - Holmes & Brandeis dissented:

The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, denying that a “silly leaflet” published by an “unknown man” constituted such a danger.

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19th Amendment: Women’s Suffrage (1920) Women won the right to vote….Called the

“Susan B. Anthony” amendment.

battle fronts

• German offensive in the summer of 1918

to capture Paris, France and win the

war.• With the help of the

U.S., the French and British were able to

stop the German advance.

• Germans surrender and sign an

armistice on Nov. 11, 1918 to end the

war.

Vladamir Lenin Czar Nicholas Czar Nicholas and the Romanov Family would be

overthrown by Lenin who eventually would start the first Communistic state……

CAUSES• Food and fuel shortages

• Striking workers• Terrible loses in WWI • Czar was a weak ruler• Marxist (communist) propaganda spread by Lenin

EFFECTS• King overthrown

• Russia pulls out of the war• Russia becomes a communistic country

• Germany sends Zimmerman Note to Mexico

battle fronts