The Home Front Wilson given sweeping powers by Congress: Placed railroads under government control Regulated the economy Passed the Selective Service Act (1917) Millions registered for the draft Espionage Act of 1917 Made it a crime to criticize the war effort The Home Front: Women and African-Am...
The middle part of the war, 1916 and 1917, was dominated by continued trench warfare in both the east and the west. Soldiers fought from dug-in positions, striking at each other with machine guns, heavy artillery, and chemical weapons. Though soldiers died by the millions in brutal condition...
The World War 1 (1917-1918) Though World War 1 took place during 1914-1918, the US was drawn into it during the last year. The global war was mostly taking place in Europe and involved France, the United Kingdom, and Russia, against the Central Powers, including Germany, Austria-Hungary...
Central and Eastern Europe after the First World War Chapters in this book (34) Frontmatter Contents Foreword Introduction The Second Great War, 1917-1923 History of Conflicts The Central European Civil War, 1918-1921. How the Habsburg Monarchy, Austria and Hungary Were Drawn into the...
Roger Bowdler, director of Listing at Historic England, said: ‘The declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare in February 1917 was a decisive moment in the First World War. Germany’s tactic led to devastating losses for many nations but it also horrified the world. ...
The powers limited themselves to "hold their ground", and limited themsleves to fight a war of attrition. At sea, the German navy had been defeated by the British, who limited themselves to block the germans from participating in internaitonal commerce. End of the war. By 1917,...
1917 - US declares war1918 - World War I ends- US and allies wins!1920 - 19th Amendment- women can vote1929 - Great Depression starts; people lost jobs1932 - September 8 - Patsy Cline born in Winchester, VA Country singer. 1932 - Franklin D. Roosevelt elected president1936 - Richmond ...
1917-1918- World War I. 1917- Gov. James Ferguson is impeached and convicted; he leaves office. 1918 - March- Texas women win the right to vote in primary elections. Annie Webb Blanton becomes the first woman elected to a statewide office when she is elected State Superintendent of Public...
The U.S. declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, and deployed hundreds of thousands of conscripted young men to the trench-scarred battlefields of Europe to face German bullets and bayonets, tank artillery, poison gas and disease.