USA HISTORY

THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1912

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which two nations were in a naval arms race with each other prior to WWI? (2 answers)
A
Germany
B
France
C
Great Britain
D
Italy
E
The United States
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Naval Race Between Britain And Germany Before The First World War.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Cold War nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, which involved both land and naval nuclear expansion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pre-First World War naval arms race From 1897 to 1914, a naval arms race between the United Kingdom and Germany took place. British concern about rapid increase in German naval power resulted in a costly building competition of Dreadnought-class ships.

Detailed explanation-4: -ships to compete with Britain, Britain felt obliged to build as many, or more, ships to stay ahead. This created a naval arms race, a race to build the most warships! Dreadnought, an ‘arms race’ broke out between Britain and Germany as both tried to build more Dreadnoughts.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ultimately Britain won the naval arms race with Germany several years before World War One, and in time Dreadnoughts were replaced by super-dreadnoughts-with even larger guns, faster engines and more armour.

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