How WWI changed Native America
Why did the Native Americans join
because they were defending their homeland : they wanted rights:to prove themselves in battle: Employment
Did the immigrants join the war?
yes
African Americans raised ___ in war bonds during WWI?
($250 million)
Women brought in the paycheck because__
Men were off in war
What were the two bigger battles of WW1
The battles of Somme and Verdun
When did the native americans get citizen rights?
After WWI
_ out of 5 soldiers in the US Armed Forces was a immigrant
WWI occurred at the height of ___
(White Supremacy)
did women do unpaid labor
Yes
How many soldiers died in WWI
9 million
What tribes declared war on germany?
Onondagas and The Iroquois.
what did the US do to them so they knew who they were?
they made them paint their houses yellow so that people knew that the Germans lived there.
The Harlem Hellfighters lost __ prisoners to the Germans
0
what is women contributed in term of military efforts
Nursing and telephone operators
What was the treaty singed at the end of the war
The treaty of Versailles
How many native Americans joined the military?
About 12,000
America was a nation of immigrants in ____.
1914
Why were African American soldiers given to the French?
(they weren’t as respected)
did black women have opportunities overseas
No
How many major naval sea battles were there?
One
What were the native Americans very important to in the army?
Using their language to talk without the Germans understanding what they were saying because it wasn't code it was a whole other language.
What did the Us take away from people because they didn't like the germans
They took away the German newspaper and they took away teaching the german language in schools
What kind of job opportunities did African Americans get during the war and where?
(Factory jobs in the north)
what did the women volunteer to help with
The women helped on the homefront taking over where the men had left to go fight in the war making the things they use in the war and they derived the ambulances.
The Ottomans and the British and their colonies