WW1

Why was America concerned about their ships during WW1?

• Germany said they were going to use submarine warfare and sink ships
• The Italians warned they were going to bomb American ships.
• They were afraid they would get stuck in the Panama Canal
• America did not have many ships so they did not want to lose the ones they had

How did women's lives change in the 1920's?

• Women went to college to better themselves
• This was the time when 3/4 of all cowboys were women
• More women stayed home while men went out to work
• Women did the same jobs as men and were eventually given the right to vote (19th Amendment)

What were the 2 main reasons we entered the war?

• september 11,2001

• unrestricted submarine warfare

• Zimmerman telegram

• pearl harbor

During World War I, many African Americans living in the South moved to northern cities primarily because

• more workers were needed in industry

• prejudice had been eliminated in the North

• affirmative action programs provided better training opportunities

• the cost of living in the cities was lower

The Great Migration during World War I refers to the movement of

• factory workers from the Northeast to the Sun Belt

• communists deported to Russia as undesirables

• African Americans to northern cities to find work

• refugees fleeing from eastern Europe to the U.S.

president Theodore Roosevelt strengthened the Monroe Doctrine by establishing the policy that the U.S. would

• required Latin American nations to end trade with Europe

• reduce Asian influences in Latin America

• intervene in Latin American to prevent European interference

• develop military alliances with Pacific naval powers

The U.S. tried to avoid involvement in WW1 by following a policy of

• neutrality
• collective security
• economic boycotts
• military preparedness

Before entering WW1, the U.S. protested germany's use of submarine warfare because it

• violated the Monroe Doctrine

• discouraged immigration to the United States

• posed a direct threat to American cities

• violated the principle of free trade economy

What was a major reason the U.S. entered WW1 (1917)

• the Japanese occupied Manchuria
• foreign troops had landed in America
• The Austro-Hungarian Empire had invaded Belgium
• Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare

The Great Migration during WWI refers to the movement of 

• factory workers from the Northeast to the Sun Belt
• communists deported to Russia as undesirable aliens
• African Americans to northern cities to find work
• refugees fleeing from eastern Europe to the U.S.