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__Men:__
During the first world war most men joined the military to help out the war effort, but with the amendment of the selective service act in 1916 all men aged 18-45 were required to sign up for the draft. Unlike previous drafts where the wealthy could pay substitutes to take their place this one did not allow it. Upper class citizens did not like this but due to the effort to give a patriotic attitude. Even if they survived the bullets and grenades they still had diseases to worry about. common diseases in the trenches are typhus, dysentery, and typhoid fever. Also due to the wet conditions and no way to dry their boots trench foot was common.Even after the soldiers got home many suffered from mental problems form the war such as shell shock or P.T.S.D.(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) which it is formally known as. It causes thinks like flashbacks, anxiety, and uncontrollable thoughts of the event which can make it hard to function in everyday life.

__**Women:**__
Due to the large amount of men volunteering and getting drafted for the war there weren't enough men working in the factories. This led to a demand for women to work in factories. In the uk they had weomen working in munitions factories. T.N.T. was very common is munitions factories which is very toxic, repeated exposure can cause the skin to turn yellow or orange. This is why these weomen were commonly called "canary girls". Other than factory jobs many women became nurses to help the war effort.

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__**Book review:**__
Animal farm is a dystopian novel by George Orwell about a group of animals on a farm. One of the animals ends up with lots of power and helps lead a revolt against the farmers. Later the leader ends up going back on his rules and kinda becomes a tyrant. Old major, an old wise pig, naturally takes the leading role on the farm. He encourages the animals to rebel against the farmers and run the farm themselves. And only beleived in one rule, that all animals be created equal. unfortunately Old major dies and napoleon and snowball help decide what to do after the revolt. Napoleon wants to be in charge and control everything, Snowball wants to teach the other animals. All the animals like snowballs plan so they go with it. Well napoleon did not like that so he hired his own army of vicious dogs to get snowball out of the picture. After snowball is out of the picture Napoleon rises to power and leads the animals. He Basically does the opposite of everything that Old Major beleived in. Also all the animals were terrified of napoleon and hated him. And the animals all end up just like the farmers that they hated for the same things that they are doing. I think orewell wrote this book to show what can happen when a country/person has too much power. I also think he used animals instead of people so it is easier to understand and make it more relateable no matter what peroid of time you are reading it. Orewell himself said the book represents the events leading up to the russian revolution. And showed what can happen in a dictatorship while critiqueing joseph stalin. Though when I read the book i first though of the united states being the animals and britian being the farmers. Animal farm was a good book it just took me alot of time to grasp what it was about. It really made me think about the government and how easily bad things can happen when a bad person comes into power. =media type="custom" key="26018156"=

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_Act_of_1917 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_entry_into_World_War_I http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhus https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081214054925AAfZKEu https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090419135456AAeqriE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_World_Wars http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/basics/definition/con-20022540 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_girl =**Lohnnie****:**= Lower Class consisted of laborers that worked in the factories, shops, and other businesses. They were the ones that suffered the most out of all three classes. In the coal mines, many women and children died of black lung. In textile factories, children had a high percentage of getting injured by the machines. If they didn't work hard enough or took a short break, factory overseers would whip them. The women, no major improvement in working conditions on their behalf either. They worked 14 hours a day and they usually lived in crowded houses in small, unsanitary streets that had no sewers and rarely had good lighting. If a worker got killed, there was no insurance involved. They would just get replaced by another women.
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