The two ways that the idea of total war was used in World War 1 include the following: 1. Government equipped, transported, and supported millions on troops. 2. Government borrow supplies from neutral nations to draw them into war.
Total war refers to a war that is fought with all the resources that a country has in its disposal and one which concerns all the citizens of the country both military and civilians. The World War 1 was a total war, it possesses all the characteristics of total war such as: mobilization of all resources and population towards war efforts, prioritization of production of materials needed for war, for instance ammunition and weapons, increase in tax to support war efforts, borrowing from neutral nations, etc. <span />
because he was one of the first presidents to be elected on public support. Before we all had voting campians, people would be elected based off who was the most quilifed.