Despite Reluctance by Both the President and Congress, the United

question 93

Multiple Choice

Despite reluctance by both the President and Congress, the United States resorted to forced conscription in 1917 because

• A) there was no other way to raise the huge numbers of American army servicemen efficiently that would need
• To be sent to Europe.
• B) it was the most effective way to destroy opposition to the war.
• C) all the Allied and Central powers had already instituted the draft.
• D) the early American volunteers for the war proved to lack discipline, bravery, and competence.
• E) the U.S. government was unwilling to accept women into the armed forces.

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