​Despite Reluctance by Both the President and Congress, the United

question 26

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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