RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA
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Question
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Why did many Irish Americans oppose the United States’ decision to enter World War I on the side of the Allies?
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They feared the loss of Irish colonies due to the war.
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They resented British rule of Ireland.
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Many Irish immigrants to America were married to Germans.
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They did not want to be allied with the Russian tsar.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Why did many Irish Americans oppose the United States’ decision to enter World War I on the side of the Allies? They feared the loss of Irish colonies due to the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Irish Catholics who now lived in the United States did not have a particular fondness for the United States aligning itself with Great Britain. Irish Americans strongly supported neutrality in the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -[25] Beginning in 1914, the Socialist Party was the political force most consistently expressing opposition to the war. Eugene Debs and the socialist Congressmen Meyer London and Victor Berger, all spoke out against the war and in favor of U.S. neutrality.
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