{"id":1203,"date":"2017-07-11T03:02:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T03:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/ushistory2os\/chapter\/primary-source-images-world-war-i-and-its-aftermath\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T22:22:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T22:22:27","slug":"primary-source-images-world-war-i-and-its-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/rangercollege-ushistory2os\/chapter\/primary-source-images-world-war-i-and-its-aftermath\/","title":{"raw":"Primary Source Images: World War I and Its Aftermath","rendered":"Primary Source Images: World War I and Its Aftermath"},"content":{"raw":"World War I (\u201cThe Great War\u201d) toppled empires, created new nations, and sparked tensions that would explode across future years. On the battlefield, its gruesome modern weaponry wrecked an entire generation of young men. The United States entered the conflict in 1917 and was never the same. The war heralded to the world the United States\u2019 potential as a global military power, and, domestically, it advanced but then beat back American progressivism by\u00a0unleashing vicious waves of repression. The war simultaneously stoked national pride and fueled disenchantments that burst Progressive Era hopes for the modern world. And it laid the groundwork for a global depression, a second world war, and an entire history of national, religious, and cultural conflict around the globe. These sources reveal some of that tumultuous history.\r\n

Boy Scout Charge (1917)<\/h2>\r\n
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\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]\"Boy<\/a> Photograph from the National Geographic Magazine, 1917. Via Wikimedia.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe Boy Scouts of America charge up Fifth Avenue in New York City in a \u201cWake Up, America\u201d parade to support recruitment efforts. Nearly 60,000 people attended this single parade. Photograph from the National Geographic Magazine, 1917. Via Wikimedia.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Uncle Sam<\/h2>\r\n
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\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"760\"]\"Famous<\/a> James Montgomery Flagg, \u201cI Want You.\u201d Ca. 1917, Via Library of Congress (LC-USZC2-564).[\/caption]\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u201cWar poster with the famous phrase \u201cI want you for U. S. Army\u201d shows Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the American Army during World War I. The printed phrase \u201cNearest recruiting station\u201d has a blank space below to add the address for enlisting.\u201d \u2013 Library of Congress\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

World War I (\u201cThe Great War\u201d) toppled empires, created new nations, and sparked tensions that would explode across future years. On the battlefield, its gruesome modern weaponry wrecked an entire generation of young men. The United States entered the conflict in 1917 and was never the same. The war heralded to the world the United States\u2019 potential as a global military power, and, domestically, it advanced but then beat back American progressivism by\u00a0unleashing vicious waves of repression. The war simultaneously stoked national pride and fueled disenchantments that burst Progressive Era hopes for the modern world. And it laid the groundwork for a global depression, a second world war, and an entire history of national, religious, and cultural conflict around the globe. These sources reveal some of that tumultuous history.<\/p>\n

Boy Scout Charge (1917)<\/h2>\n
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Photograph from the National Geographic Magazine, 1917. Via Wikimedia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Boy Scouts of America charge up Fifth Avenue in New York City in a \u201cWake Up, America\u201d parade to support recruitment efforts. Nearly 60,000 people attended this single parade. Photograph from the National Geographic Magazine, 1917. Via Wikimedia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Uncle Sam<\/h2>\n
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James Montgomery Flagg, \u201cI Want You.\u201d Ca. 1917, Via Library of Congress (LC-USZC2-564).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u201cWar poster with the famous phrase \u201cI want you for U. S. Army\u201d shows Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the American Army during World War I. The printed phrase \u201cNearest recruiting station\u201d has a blank space below to add the address for enlisting.\u201d \u2013 Library of Congress<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t

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