WWI Causes (US)

What was the U.S.'s policy when WWI began in Europe?

• Isolationism

• Ironicism

• institutionalism

• Aggressive

What is isolationism?

• When a country gets involved in another country's business

• When a country sells goods to another country

• When a country stays out of other countries' business

• When a country controls another country politically

Germany began using _______________________.

• Guerilla warfare

• Unrestricted submarine warfare

• U-boat submarine warfare

• German submarine warfare

What is unrestricted submarine warfare?

• Britain attacking German submarines

• German submarines attacking from the sky

• U.S. submarines attacking German ships

• German submarines attacking suspected enemy ships without care

What British passenger ship did Germany attack that resulted in 123 Americans dead?

• Sussex

• Lusitania

• Titanic

• Arabic

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

• A telegram sent to the U.S. from Germany offering the U.S. a deal to attack Mexico

• A telegram sent to Britain from Germany offering the U.S. a deal to attack Mexico

• A telegram sent to Mexico from Germany offering Mexico a deal to attack the U.S.

• A telegram sent to Britain from Germany offering Britain a deal to attack the U.S.

Which side did the U.S. join when the U.S. officially joined WWI in 1917?

• Allied Powers

• Central Powers

What caused the U.S. to join WWI?

• Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare

• Germany's attack on the Lusitania

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• All answers are causes