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Siteseen: American Historama: 1917 Selective Service Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive overview presents facts and information pertaining to the 1917 Selective Draft Act and the Draft Boards.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Liberty Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive summary features detailed facts and information regarding the U.S. Government selling Liberty Bonds to raise money to help finance the war.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive summary features detailed facts and information on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery that honors the soldiers who have fallen during service to their country.
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Official Recognition of the Negro's Interest

For Students 9th - 10th
This site comes from the third chapter of the E.J. Scott book, American Negro and the World War. This page discusses the official recognition of black people who helped fight in World War I, and the difficulties African Americans had...
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Lost Poets of the Great War, Created by Harry Rusche, Emory University

For Students 9th - 10th
This marvelous site offers a chronology of WWI, an assessment of its cost to society, and links to such poets as Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen. Has a plethora of information on the war.
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For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll through this biography of Woodrow Wilson to read about turmoil in Mexico related to the Zimmermann Note and WWI.
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General Harbord, Circa World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Arlington National Cemetery provides a brief biographical sketch on James Gutherie Harbord, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army. Includes a photograph of Harbord and a link to information John J. Pershing, who accompanied...
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Jg Harbord Gravesite Photo

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Arlington National Cemetery provides a brief biographical sketch on James Gutherie Harbord, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army. Includes a photograph of Harbord and a link to information John J. Pershing, who accompanied...
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Map 39: Western Front 20 Mar 11 Nov 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this article for a detailed explanation of how General Pershing prepared American troops to fight overseas during WWI, and crucial battles that followed.
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For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site gives a brief biography of one of the greatest soldiers of WWI, Sergeant Alvin C. York.
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For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site gives a brief biography of one of the greatest soldiers of WWI, Sergeant Alvin C. York.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Africa, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, to French and British control per the Treaty of Versailles.
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Etc: Maps Etc: European Possessions of Africa, 1922

For Students 9th - 10th
A political map of Africa showing European possessions after WWI and the ceding of German possessions in accordance to the Treaty of Versailles. The inset map details the Cape Verde Islands and Senegal, Gambia, and Portuguese Guinea.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Austria Hungary, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Austria-Hungary in 1920, showing railroads, canals, and submarine telegraph lines. This map shows the partition of the Austro-Hungarian territories after WWI, showing the new boundaries established by the Treaty of Saint...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Austria Hungary, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Austria-Hungary in 1920, showing railroads, canals, and submarine telegraph lines. This map shows the partition of the Austro-Hungarian territories after WWI, showing the new boundaries established by the Treaty of Saint...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Austria and Hungary, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the former Austria-Hungary after the Treaty of Versailles following WWI, showing pre-war and post-war boundary changes. The map shows the new boundaries of Czechoslovakia and Jugoslavia, the losses to Poland, Ukraine, Romania,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Europe, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of Central and Western Europe after the Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI. The map includes railroads, canals, shipping routes, major cities and capitals, and the country boundaries established by the Treaties of Versailles,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central and Western Europe, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of Central and Western Europe after the Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI. The map includes railroads, canals, major cities and capitals, and the country boundaries established by the Treaties of Versailles, proposed boundaries...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Political Boundaries in Europe, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of Central and Western Europe after the Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI. The map includes railroads, canals, shipping routes, major cities and capitals, and the country boundaries established by the Treaties of Versailles,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Germany, 1871 1914

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Germany, from 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War and creation of the German Empire, to 1914 and the beginning of WWI. The map shows the German and Prussian territories unified by Otto von Bismarck, including major cities and...
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Etc: Advances in Northern Italy, 1917 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the farthest advances of the Italian and Austro-German armies during WWI, and the armistice line.
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Eye Witness to History: Battle at Gallipoli, 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
EyeWitness to History offers a detailed description of the Battle at Gallipoli in 1915 during WWI. Includes maps and photos.
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Eye Witness to History: Battle at Gallipoli, 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
EyeWitness to History offers a detailed description of the Battle at Gallipoli in 1915 during WWI. Includes maps and photos.
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Eye Witness to History: Battle at Gallipoli, 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
EyeWitness to History offers a detailed description of the Battle at Gallipoli in 1915 during WWI. Includes maps and photos.