What change in government policy took place at the end of World War I?

A) The federal bureaucracy was desegregated.

B) The size of the military was drastically reduced.

C) Income taxes were increased to pay off the war debt.

D) Unions were given the right of collective bargaining.

The right answer is B. It is not uncommon that after a major conflict a country downsizes its military force. This occurred, for instance, in the United States, and this was seen as an opportunity to reform the Army. England, where the military consisted in part of volunteers, also rushed to demobilize its force. Germany, on the contrary, was forced to drastically reduce the size of its military force as a result of the signing of the Versailles Treaty (1919).

Option: B) The size of the military was drastically reduced.

Explanation:

World War I was one of the devastating war in Europe. During that period the total casualty was about 40 million including civilian and military. For preventing war in future that causes destruction and death, Allied powers limit the military size. The Central Powers (German, Austria-Hungary and later joined by Ottoman Turkey and Bulgaria) military size reduced. German was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I and placed Germans in humiliation. The German military restricted with minimum arms and ammunition and no airships.