HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Zimmerman Note in which Germany promised USA territory to Mexico in exchange for joined the side of the Central powers
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A common history and government with the democracies of Great Britain and France
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The promise that the USA would gain colonies in Europe
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Unrestricted German submarine warfare against USA cargo ships
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Detailed explanation-1: -Roosevelt requested a declaration of war citing the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces’ attack on the United States Pacific Fleet in the Pearl Harbor bombing one day earlier. Approved near-unanimously with only one dissenting vote in the entire Congress from Jeannette Rankin.
Detailed explanation-2: -On December 7, 1941, following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan. Three days later, after Germany and Italy declared war on it, the United States became fully engaged in the Second World War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although US President Woodrow Wilson was an enthusiastic proponent of the League, the United States did not officially join the League of Nations due to opposition from isolationists in Congress.
Detailed explanation-4: -The immediate cause of World War I that made the aforementioned items come into play (alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism) was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. In June 1914, a Serbian-nationalist terrorist group called the Black Hand sent groups to assassinate the Archduke.