HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the war was not our business
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it would cost too much money
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the US had immigrants on both sides of the war
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States remained neutral at the beginning of the war. Individual Americans supported one side or the other, although the majority were sympathetic to the Allies. Many contributed to relief efforts; others volunteered as ambulance drivers or nurses, or even as pilots and soldiers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Americans adopted a policy of neutrality in WWI because the war didn’t concern the United States. It was important for American to stay out of “entangling alliances". Staying out of the war also allowed the US to economically recover from a slowdown.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lusitania. In early 1915, Germany introduced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic. The German invasion of Belgium. American loans. The reintroduction of unrestricted submarine warfare. The Zimmerman telegram. 05-Sept-2022