Submarine Crisis
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What year did the crisis happen?
Year: 1915.
What type of nation did they say the U.S was at this time?
The U.S was officially a neutral nation.
Who was running in this election?
The Democratic, President Wilson, and Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican.
What year did the U.S declare themselves into the war?
April 1917
How many people were apart of the Selective Service Act?
About 4.8 million men were apart of this act.
Who was apart of this crisis?
British and Germany.
How much did the U.S loan France and Britain?
The U.S loaned them $3 Billion.
Who was the president before this election?
President Wilson was the president before the 1916 election.
What happened in March 1917?
President was arranging peace with Europe and convinced them that the U.S's participation was now unavoidable.
Who decided to make this act?
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.
How many Americans died because of this event?
Approximately, 128 Americans.
What happened between 1914 -1917
U.S trade with allies the chance had quadrupled, while its trades with Germany was nothing after all that.
What year was President Wilson elected?
Year: 1912
How did the U.S suddenly get their participation in the war removed?
What was the Selective Service?
The selective service was a system to constrict men into the military.
How did, Wilson, react to this conflict and do?
Wilson had sent Germany a strongly worded diplomatic message warning that Germany would be held to "strict accountability."
Who could the U.S send supplies to but Britain didn't allow them?
The U.S could've sent supplies toward Germany, but the British blockade prevented this to happen.
What was the Democrat's slogan?
"He Kept Us Out of War."
What did Germany do to the U.S in the first weeks of March?
German submarines sunk 5 unarmed U.S ships.
What were the requirements to join this act.
The requirement all men to be 21,30,18, through 45 for possible induction into the military.
What did secretary of state, William Jennings Bryan, do to Wilsons response?
William Jennings Bryan, objected to this message as too warlike and resigned it from the presidents cabnet.
Who did the U.S permit for the money to transfer to France and Britain?
J.P Morgan and other bankers were permitted by the U.S to send the $3 Billion loan.
What did President Wilson do to fulfill his promise to keep his campaign out of war?
President Wilson before the election, 1915, he had sent Chief Foreign Policy Adviser, Colonel Edward House of Texas, to London, Paris, and Berlin to negotiate a peace settlement.
What did Germany want with Mexico?
Germany wanted to create an alliance with Mexico, Germany wanted to help Mexico get the territories they have lost against the U.S.
True or False: Were their segregated units?
True there were 400,000 African Americans in the war but they were all segregated into different units.