Why Did World War I Transform Western Civilization So Profoundly

question 57

Multiple Choice

Why did World War I transform Western civilization so profoundly?

• A) The bitter war between the peaceful neighbors of Germany, France, and Britain shook the popular conceptions of politics deeply.
• B) Since a vast majority of victims were civilians, the war forever changed public perceptions on the acceptability of military conflict.
• C) As a global conflict between socialist nations on the one hand and monarchies on the other, the war signaled the ideological divisions of the twentieth century.
• D) The war generated an economic boom in Europe and the United States that marked the beginning of the so-called Roaring Twenties.
• E) The mass slaughter of World War I was hard to reconcile with the optimist claim that Western civilization was the triumph of reason and human progress.

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Protein fibers in muscle cells that work with thick filaments to cause muscle contraction.

Sarcolemma

The specialized cell membrane that surrounds muscle cells, playing a key role in muscle contraction and signal transmission.

Endomysium

A thin layer of connective tissue that individually encases each muscle fiber.

Perimysium

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