Question 1

What is the Selective Service Act

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Authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription

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A group of ships sailing together for protection designed to help protect cargo

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soldiers marching or fighting on foot

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formation of the United States Army on the Western Front of WWI under command of Gen. John J. Pershing

Question 2

What are chemical weapons of WWI?

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types of weapons employed ranged from disabling such as tear gas to lethal agents like phosgene chlorine and mustard gas.

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artillery piece with short barrel and small propellant charges

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type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches

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group of ships sailing together to protect cargo.

Question 3

What is a convoy?

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group of ships sailing together for protection of cargo.

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a person or nation engaged in fighting during a war

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a heavy warship of a type built chiefly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with extensive armor and large-caliber guns.

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type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches

Question 4

What is a battleship?

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a heavy warship of a type built chiefly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with extensive armor and large-caliber guns.

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group of ships sailing together for protection

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soldiers marching or fighting on foot

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formation of US army on the Western Front of WWI

Question 5

What is a howitzer?

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type of artillery piece characterized by a short  barrel and the use of small propellant charges to propel projectiles over high trajectory with a steep angle of descent

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group of ships sailing together for protection of cargo.

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types of weapons employed raged from disabling such as tear gas to lethal agents like phosgene chlorine and mustard gas.

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a heavy warship of a type built chiefly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with extensive armor and large-caliber guns.

Question 6

What is a combatant?

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a person or nation engaged in fighting during a war.

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types of weapons employed ranged from disabling such as tear gas to lethal agents like phosgene chlorine and mustard gas.

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a heavy warship of a type built chiefly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with extensive armor and large-caliber guns.

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group of ships sailing together to protect cargo

Question 7

What was the Meuse-Argonne Offensive?

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a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918 until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 days.

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was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front

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was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the River Somme in France.

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Fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916, was the largest and longest battle of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies. The battle took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse

Question 8

What was the AEF (American Expeditionary Force)?

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was a formation of the United States Army on the Western Front of World War I. The AEF was established on July 5, 1917, in France under the command of Gen. John J. Pershing.

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an independent agency of the United States government that maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription

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was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire.

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referred to as the Harlem Hellfighters, was an infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard during World War I

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