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- 2. the two main reasons eventually joined the war in 1917 were: Germany’s resumption of submarine warfare and the interception by British intelligence of this (an offer of a German alliance with Mexico if they attacked the United States).
- 4. The United States remained this, once the war started and remained so politically until 1917.
- 5. This was a buildup of military, naval and weaponry that a nation had. It was one of the underlying causes of World War I and led to an arms race between nations that would eventually fight in World War I.
- 7. This was the economic result of increased wages, working hours and more money in supply in the United States during the war.
- 8. Germany sank this ship carrying American and European passengers. Over 1,200 perished, including 128 Americans. It was found later that the Lusitania was carrying weapons from American factories.
- 9. This was another underlying cause of World War I. It originated from a desire for security among nations as the military build up increased. The two major alliance on the eve of World War I were the Triple Entente and the Central Powers.
- 11. After the sinking of the Lusitania, the United States did or didnot join World War I?
- 13. The main motivation for this underlying cause of World War I was the acquisition of raw materials and new markets to sell goods for industrialized nations. This increased tensions and rivalries between industrialized nations that in decades preceding World War I
- 16. This president presented his 14 points at the negotiations in Versailles as multi pronged effort to avoid future armed conflicts.
- 18. Another underlying cause of World War I, it is defined as loyalty and pride in your country above people or organizations. It encouraged competition and led to the eventual build of each countries military
- 19. the 14th point called for an international peacekeeping body, which would later become this. It lacked a military enforced mechanism which would make it ineffective in stopping belligerent nations like Italy, Germany and Japan in the lead up to World War II.
- 20. This is the setting where weapons were being made for the Triple Entente during the war in the United States.
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- 1. This was a movement of millions of Black Americans out of the South to support war time production during the War in the northern cities.
- 3. portion of the Treaty of Versailles that insisted that Germany accept full responsibility for starting the war.
- 6. This led to the overthrow of the Czar and eventual creation of the Soviet Union. It also meant that in the Eastern Front, Germany would now have little to no opposition.
- 10. His assassination in Sarajevo led to the eventual mobilization of the two major alliance systems and the was the immediate cause of World War I.
- 12. These were greatly reduced for individuals during the war as the government censored press, speech and other civil liberties.
- 14. Great Britain and France were more interested in this during the Versailles peace negotiation than lasting peace.
- 15. This is the side that the United States banks, factories and the media supported during the war.
- 17. Did the United States ever join the League of Nations? Yes or No.