Citizen Participation Citizen Participation in Wartime
Activities in the US
(Millions of Citizens)
1916
1919
Type of
participation
Active military
What does the chart indicate about American
employment during World War I?
The number of people in the armed forces
increased by more than one million.
The number of people in the workforce increased by
about three million.
The number of people in the armed forces declined
by one million
The number of people in the workforce declined by
one million.
0.18
1.27
Total number
of employed
workers
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