What made the campaigns on the European and Middle Eastern frontiers even more horrific than those on the Western Front?
A) Millions of civilians died from massacre, disease, starvation, and genocide.
B) The soldiers were less plentifully equipped and supplied for modern warfare.
C) The armies used million-shell artillery bombardments, poison gas, the earliest armored vehicles, and warplanes.
D) The armies used barbed wire, machine guns, and counter-bombardments to hold up attackers.
E) A single battle could go on for months and cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
A
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A) environmental goals B) Mahayana Buddhism C) anarchism D) socialist principles
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A. 8th B. 9th C. 10th D. 11th E. 12th
Progressives argued that, in order for citizens to work better in their jobs and participate in politics, they did not need to be well educated
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. the consequences of imperialism are more complex than was earlier believed. B. the one certain conclusion which can be reached is that it was uniformly advantageous for all, bringing permanent advantages which still persist. C. when conflicts of interest rose, they were invariably settled in favor of the populations of the colonies. D. it proved particularly beneficial to the societies of East Asia, which were given special economic help and cultural support by their colonial overlords. E. it improved the lives of the natives but which bankrupted the European governments.