The United States in World War I (SSUSH15ac)

Multiple Choice

How did unrestricted submarine warfare lead to direct U.S. engagement in World War I?

• Unrestricted submarine warfare against civilian ships provoked the U.S.

• Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare in an attempt to invade the U.S.

• The U.S. developed unrestricted submarine warfare as a way to defeat Germany.

• Unrestricted submarine warfare was needed by the U.S. to defend its own ports.

Multiple Choice

Why was the Zimmermann Telegram so concerning to the United States that it swayed public opinion from neutrality toward intervention in World War I?

• In the telegram, Germany promised Mexico territory it lost during the Mexican-American War in exchange for its pledge to join the German cause if the United States entered the war.

• In the telegram, Germany requested Japanese assistance in capturing the US Territory of Hawaii in order to diminish the US presence in the Pacific.

• In the telegram between German officials, Germany detailed its plan to sink American passenger ships its navy encountered in the Atlantic if the United States did not remain neutral.

• In the telegram between German officials, Germany detailed its plan to open a new front in the war by invading US territories in the Caribbean.

Multiple Choice

Why did many US Senators object to the involvement of the United States in the League of Nations?

• They believed it would be used to promote communist ideology.

• They believed it would slow the recovery of the global economy.

• They believed it would draw the country into costly foreign conflicts.

• They believed it would result in the loss of jobs in the United States.

Multiple Choice

In 1918, US president Woodrow Wilson established a plan designed to create lasting global peace, a plan that would guide the negotiations that would bring World War I to an end. What was Wilson's plan called?

• Fourteen Points
• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Monroe Doctrine

• Square Deal

Open Ended

Explain two of Wilson’s Fourteen Points in your own words.