Question

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find evidence to support the following statement:
unlike the glorious nationalism that encouraged nations to go to war, by 1916 people at home struggled under the burden of war and felt as if the war would never end.
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□ a. at the close of 1916, after more than two years of fighting, neither side was close to victory.
□ b. on the eastern front in 1916 the russians continued their generally successful campaigns against the austro-hungarian forces.
□ c. as men went off to fight, women took over their jobs in the workplace. intensive propaganda campaigns encouraged civilians to buy more bonds and make more weapons.
□ d. governments took over control of their national economies, gambling everything on a victory in which the loser would pay all the expenses incurred in the war.

Explanation:

• Option a: After over two years of war by 1916, no side was near victory, showing the war's seeming endlessness and the burden of prolonged fighting, supporting the statement.
• Option c: Women taking jobs and intensive propaganda for bonds/weapons show the home - front burden as civilians were pressured to support the war, aligning with the statement.
• Option d: Governments controlling economies and gambling on victory (with losers paying) shows the high stakes and burden of war, as resources were fully committed, supporting the statement.
• Option b: Russian successes on the eastern front do not show struggle or the war feeling endless; it's about success, not burden.

Answer:

a. At the close of 1916, after more than two years of fighting, neither side was close to victory.
c. As men went off to fight, women took over their jobs in the workplace. Intensive propaganda campaig encouraged civilians to buy more bonds and make more weapons.
d. Governments took over control of their national economies, gambling everything on a victory in which loser would pay all the expenses incurred in the war.