The U.S. enters World War I

1. How did the United States raise an army?

The selective service act was passed. this ment that men ahd to sing up for the srmy but it was randomly selected to be put into the army.



2. How did U.S. soldiers help win the war?
The US navy cut the loss of the merchant ships in half by escorting the ships across and attacking the U boats as soon as the came up. The navy also planted mines in the waters so that the U boats would get trapped in them.




3. What were the estimated economic costs of the war?
The estimated economic costs of the war was about $338 billion dollars, there were many lives lost on all sides.




4. What did the war cost in terms of the number of civilian deaths; military deaths?; injuries?; and refugees?
Civilians were about 22 million, military deaths were about 48,000 americans from woundes and about 62,000 died from diease. over 200 million people became reugees.




5. Define armistice.
An armistice is a truce or an agreement to end a war or conflict.