Author Question: From 1914 to 1916, America's growing trade with Britain and loss of trade with Germany essentially ... (Read 52 times)

javeds · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

From 1914 to 1916, America's growing trade with Britain and loss of trade with Germany essentially occurred because

a. the British needed American goods and weapons and the Germans did not.
b. more Americans sympathized with Britain than with Germany.
c. Germany raised tariffs and other protectionist barriers on America's exports to Germany.
d. American bankers like J.P. Morgan were willing to loan money to Britain but not to Germany.
e. the British navy controlled the Atlantic shipping lanes.

Question 2

By 1945, the Soviet Union had reason to be suspicious of the United States because the

a. United States had never extended formal diplomatic recognition to the Soviet government.
b. British and Americans had delayed opening a second front in Europe during the war.
c. British and Americans had not informed the Soviet Union of the A-bomb project until it was completed.
d. United States had not given the Soviets any lend-lease aid during the war.
e. United States had installed a pro-American government in France.