20. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 20: The Committee on Public Information and Wartime Propaganda

**Quiz for Document 20.4: He Will Come Back a Better Man! (1918)**

Quiz for Document 20.4: He Will Come Back a Better Man! (1918)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. What does this material suggest the CPI wanted American families to do in order to boost the morale of American soldiers in Europe?

Minimize communication while they adjusted to their new roles as soldiers

Encourage them to devote themselves fully to their training

Send them cheerful newsy letters

Mail them pictures of home and family

2. According to the CPI, military service would change the men who fought in World War I by

improving them physically, mentally, and socially.

making them less dependent on their parents.

exposing them to diverse cultures and values.

providing them with a basic level of literacy and numeracy.

3. This magazine advertisement supports which of the following conclusions?

The CPI took seriously the job of educating Americans about the effects of wartime service on young men.

The CPI misled young men by suggesting that they could gain military training without participating in combat.

The CPI focused on recruiting young fathers into military service and ignored boys and older men.

The CPI presented wartime service as beneficial for men while ignoring the physical and mental risks it posed.

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