AMSCO: 7.3 questions with correct answers

What were some of the methods governments used to fight World War I? CORRECT ANSWER - *Total war* - Governments set up planning boards that set production quotas, price and wage controls, and the rationing of food and other supplies - Governments censored media and imprisoned those who spoke out against the war effort - *Propaganda* - Governments invested in army and navy recruitment campaigns - Russian government created all-female battalion as propaganda to shame men into continuing to fight Conscription CORRECT ANSWER Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces. Trench warfare CORRECT ANSWER A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield. Poison gas CORRECT ANSWER Introduced by the Germans and was used by both sides during the war; caused vomiting, blindness, and suffocation Machine guns CORRECT ANSWER These weapons fire a very fast stream of bullets for a long time (500-600 bullets/min) Submarines CORRECT ANSWER - U-boats, Germans used them most effectively against the British navy - Wreaked havoc on shipping lanes of the Atlantic Ocean