Reasons for WWI/U.S. Involvement

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What does the acronym MAIN stand for?

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Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism

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Which of the following was not an "Allied" power at the start of WWI? Britain, France, United States, Russia

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United States

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Which of the following was not a Central power at the start of WWI? Ottoman Empire, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Greece

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Greece

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Which best reflects the U.S. position at the start of WWI? Options: Neutral, Neutral, but maintained the right to trade with nations at war, With the Allied powers, With the Central powers

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Neutral, but maintained the right to trade with nations at war

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U.S. trade with the Allied Powers increased by 400%. How did Germany react to this?

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Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare against ships bringing goods to the allies.

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Germany sunk a ship called the Lusitania.  Why was this a big deal?

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It was a passenger ship on which 1,200 were killed, including 128 Americans.

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What was Germany's "Sussex Pledge" made after the sinking of the Lusitania?

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A promise to allow civilians to get off a ship before they blew it up.

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Did Germany live up to its May 1916 Sussex Pledge?

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no, they abandoned it in January 1917

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How did U.S. banks involvement with the war give us a stake in the war's outcome?

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Banks loaned money to the Allies, so we hoped they won.

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What was the Zimmerman Telegram?  And how did it lure the U.S. into the war?

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It tried to get Mexico to join Germany against the U.S.