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over 6 million
many left jobs after war ended
volunteer positions to help sell bonds
teachers
built ships and airplanes
factories
docks
built railroads
equal pay for women
suported labor unions
8 hour work day
about 1,200 cases resolved, including 700,000 workers
"heatless Mondays"
"gasless Sundays"
introduced daylight savings time
extend daylight hours for those who worked long shifts in the factories
18th Amendment
1919
banning the "manufacture, sale, or transportation" of alcohol in the U.S
"Wheatless Wednesdays"
"meatless Mondays"
Wall Street businessman
more than $20 billion of U.S debt was owed to Americans
government needed to borrow money from civilians to pay for the war
increased federal revenues by 400 percent within two years
U.S blew up every bridge the Germans had built across the Marne
Germans retreated on August 3
suffered around 150,000 casualties
July 15,1918
June 1918
8,000 causualties
America's bloodiest battle
bookkeepers or typists
kept communications open between front lines and headquarters of the army
pretended to ride wooden barrels
practiced with wooden sticks
soldiers spent days learning military rules and practices
supplies were not readily available
soldiers slept in tents
Some men wanted to be conscientious objectors
These men faced prison when their requests were rejected
Many men volunteered
because of Russian Revolution
Bolsheviks rebelled against territory within their own country
Argued the conviction as a violation of constitutional rights to free speech
Supreme Court upheld Schenck's conviction
over 1,000 people jailed over these laws
many citizens believed this violated the 1st amendment
some violence and discrimination resulted
made Americans anti-German everything
changed sauerkraut to be "liberty cabagge"
German language stopped being taught
created a stigma around American Germans
made Americans support the war effort
