Chapter 23; Sec: 1,2,3

1) How did the Great War change America (USA) internally?
2) How did the Great War change the way war was fought, in general?


A1) The Great War changed American internally by being the "first" war. By first war, it meant that America experiented many different war method that was never used. Moreover, there was a sense of motivation that all Americans should be doing something for their country. ' And there was an irresistible feeling that one should do something . . . I said to myself, if there's never going to be another war, this is the only opportunity to see it."American wanted this war. Therefore, American government sent large number of troops and threw them into the bloody killing field. This was a change for America because they started to build their army force stronger. The Selective Service Act was created, and soldiers were being well trained. There was one significant positive influence, it was The all-black 396th Regiment, black men were still not fully accepted during the time of the Great War. However, black soldiers from the Regiment performed great suceeds. They were nicknamed the "Hell Fighters" and recieved the highest military honors from France. This brought elimination of racism one step forward.

A2) The Great War change the way war was fought in general by developing new technologies. It was no longer a face-to-face nor hand-to-hand battles, it became a more impersonal war and a deadlier one. Killing machines were developed with more advance technologies, this created an overwhemling amount of deaths. Weapons were not it, chemical weapons were in used, and soldiers suffered from long painful deaths, eventhough some may have survived but they all suffered from lifetime internal body damages. More methods were developed to fight wars. For examples trench warfares, sky warfares (Airplanes), sea warfares (U-boats), and land warfares (Tanks). These newly developed method changed the way war were fought and introduced a more severe and deadly battlefield.