(Kennedy 60)"Another aspect of the CPI was the Four-Minute Men who gave brief speeches at public gatherings on the issue of the US at war. ... The Act provided for the registration of all men between the ages of 21 and 30. ... Nearly three million men were drafted under the Selective service act. ... Through the Selective Service Act and the AEF, the United States was able to create a fighting force large and strong enough to defeat the old world powers of Europe. ... Ships were needed to send men, ammunition, and food overseas. ...

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The men dressed in black, colorless business suites, with fashionable ties, fashionable outfits, and with any accessory that could compliment their fashionable lives. ... However, the question of the main character, "him," lingers through the next stanzas, until Cummings strikes with: "sir) it took a nipponized bit of the old sixth avenue el; in the top of his head: to tell him." 2 During the early 1930s, the United States traded steel with Japan, which explains the use of "nipponized," which is a derogatory term for something that is Japanese. Also, the "old sith avenue el" r...

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• Grade Level: High School

Involvement in World War I and II Only about two hundred years old, the United States had developed into a major world power by the beginning of the 20th Century. ... About two million men were sent away over seas in the American Expeditionary Force. ... These men were called the "doughboys". ...

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• Grade Level: High School