Rise of the US in early 20th Century

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Lest They Perish Campaign for $30,000,000—American Committee for Relief in the Near East—Armenia-Greece-Syria-Persia W. B. King, artist. Lest They Perish Campaign for $30,000,000—American Committee for Relief in the Near East—Armenia-Greece-Syria-Persia. New York: Conwell Graphic Companies, 1917. Color lithograph poster. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (013.00.00). https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/world-war-i -american-experiences/about-this-exhibition/arguing-over-war/humanitarian-aid/lest-they-perish/

How did America change because of World War I?

Download Primary Source Set: Rise of the US

This inquiry set focuses on how the US government prepared for war. Speeches by American political leaders, documents that show ordinary Americans readying for war, and images that feature California as a central place in wartime mobilization frame students’ exploration into American involvement in World War I.

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11