Author Question: What incident or development resulted in the entry of the United States into World War I? a. The ... (Read 68 times)

sammy · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

One of the factors contributing to the 1863 New York City riots was

a. anti-black sentiment on the part of white working-class New Yorkers.
b. the long delay in implementing emancipation.
c. the exemption of Irish immigrants from the draft.
d. the passage of heavy new taxes to finance the war.

Question 2

What incident or development resulted in the entry of the United States into World War I?

a. The sinking of the liner Lusitania had resulted in substantial loss of American lives.
b. With the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, Wilson feared that the remaining Allies would not be able to continue the war.
c. Anti-German sentiment in the United States, fomented by the British, forced Wilson to declare war on Germany and her allies.
d. Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917.
e. During the mutiny of its army, France asked for American aid; the United States, still grateful for French help in the War of Independence, quickly responded.