HIST 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 22: Silent Sentinels, Palmer Raids, Future Wars
16 May 2016
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Chapter 22 war and the american state, 1914-1920. Posters during the great war, 1917, urged american citizens to unify in voluntary, self- sacrificing service to the nation. This symbolized the increase presence of the federal government in the lives of. They also underlined the fact that modern warfare was waged by citizens as well as armies. The war also aggravated class, racial, and ethnics divisions among the american people. Also as a result of the war, the us was no longer a regional power- it was now committed to making the world safe for democracy woodrow wilson: the great war, 1914-1918. For many citizens, the war confirmed their faith in what historians call american exceptionalism the belief that their democratic values and institutions allowed the country to avoid corrupting foreign alliances and warfare. Originally, they had good economic relationships with both the allied powers of gb, France, and russia and the central powers of germany and austria-hungary: war in europe.
