American power tips the balance chapter 11 section 2,

armistic

Germany exhausted from the war finally agreed to an, blank on November 11,1918.

Selective Service Act.

To meet the government's need for more fighting power, Congress passed the, in May 1917.

conscientious objector

a person who opposes war on moral grounds, but he than agreed to fight.

Eddie Rickenbacker

famous fighter pilot of World War I, was well known as a race car driver before the war.

armistice

in the eleventh month of 1918, Germany agreed to a cease-fire and signed the truce, that ended the war.

General John J. Pershing

included men from widely separated parts of the country.

American Expeditionary Force

led by General John J. Pershing,

Alvin York

one soldier from Tennessee, and became a war hero for his actions in battle.

convoy system

to reduce the loss of ships to german submarines attacks, the united states and Britain began to use the

conscientious objector

A person who opposes warfare on moral grounds, pointing out that the Bible says, "Thou shalt not kill."