What was the United States’ role in the First World War? How did the war impact Americans?
Subject(s): US History and World History
Time Period(s): (1890-1930) Emergence of Modern America
Grade level(s): 9-12
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Supporting question(s):
When did the U.S. enter World War I? Why?
What roles did U.S. soldiers play during the war? How were they affected by their experiences?
How did was mass media used to generate support for the war?
Source Set
- James Guy Tucker, Sr., to Willie Maude Tucker, November 1918
- James Guy Tucker, Sr., World War I diary
- Local Officer Is Cited for Gallantry in Action
- 302nd Eng. repairing road over trench and 92nd Div. (colored) machine gunners going into action, Argonne Forest, France
- Uncle Sam says: “All the Kings in the World Can’t Beat My Hand”
- Over There
- Mobilizing Woman-Power
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Future Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker’s father’s letter to his mother when he was a soldier in the First World War.
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Handwritten diary of future Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker’s father from World War I
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Arkansas Gazette article, January 24, 1919
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Engineers of the 302nd Engineer Regiment repairing a roadway over a trench and African American soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division (Buffalo Soldiers) in a trench headed into action in the Argonne Forest, France, during World War I, ca. 1918
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Black and white propaganda poster, 1917
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Book by Harriet Stanton Blatch, Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s daughter, which emphasizes the importance of women’s contributions to World War I and connects women’s participation to the fight for suffrage, 1918
Additional resource(s):
First World War multimedia archive
Arkansas WWI Centennial Commission
Encyclopedia of Arkansas – World War I
Arkansas Frameworks(s):
U.S. History Since 1890
Era7.1.USH.2 Evaluate social, economic, and political motives for and impact of the involvement of the United States in World War I using multiple primary and secondary sources
World History
Era8.3.WH.8 Use appropriate sources to answer student-generated compelling and supporting questions about major conflicts in the early 20th century
Arkansas History grades 9-12
Era4.4.AH.9-12.3. Evaluate effects of World War I on Arkansans using a variety of primary and secondary sources