The U.S enters World War I

1. How did the United States raise an army?
Congress passed a law called the Selective Service Act and it was a law stating that men were required to sign up to be randomly selected to go into the war.

2. How did U.S. soldiers help win the war?
The U.S. soldiers helped win the war by training 17 hours a day, and their freshness and enthusiasm.

3. What were the estimated economic costs of the war?
The estimated economical cost of the war was 338 million dollars.

4. What did the war cost in terms of the number of civilian deaths; military deaths?; injuries?; and refugees?
There were many deaths in the war. The united states lost 48,000 died in battle, 61,000 dieing from disease, and more then 200000 were wounded. In all 22 million, more then half were civilians, died. 20 million people wounded, and 10 million became refugees. Many people died and this was a start of a new time, but because of the death of people, and the war, many things were different.

5. Define armistice.
Armistice is a truce, that ended the war.