World War I_ACP_2022#1

Which event most influenced President Wilson's decision to enter World War I?

• a revolution in russia

• the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• the renewal of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany

• the raids by Mexican guerilla forces on the Southwestern United States

In 1919, isolationists in the Senate opposed U.S. membership in the League of nations because they

• feared creation of the Security Council

• resisted colonialism in Africa and Asia

• opposed membership in the League of Nations by Germany

• did not want involvement in future foreign wars

The major purpose of President Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918) was to -

• persuade Congress to enter World War I

• set goals for achieving peace after World War I

• provide aid for rebuilding war-torn nations

• punish Germany for the sinking of the Lusitania

What was the a major reason the United States entered World War I?

• Japanese forces had occupied Manchuria

• German troops had landed on American soil

• The Austro-Hungarian Empire had invaded Belgium

• Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare