What method did the U.S use to encourage and persuade people to sign up to war.
Propaganda.
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After the war, did America want to isolate itself, or did it want to be present in global affairs?
After the war, America again wanted to isolate itself from the outer European affairs.
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In the beginning of the war, did most Americans want to go to war, or were they against joining it?
Most Americans were against joining the war.
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Did the women gain more power or lose power during the war?
The women started gaining power.
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What year did World War I start?
1914
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Name two causes that lead the Americans to join the war.
U.S invenstement in Europe, Zimmerman Telegram, German unrestricted submarine warfare, and the Propaganda.
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Which amendment was passed as a result of the war?
The 19th amendment.
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Why did the U.S not join the war right from the beginning?
The U.S wanted to isolate itself from global affairs.
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How did the U.S become the economic and military world leader?
Before the war, Britian and France were considered the world leaders. However, the war resulted in many setbacks for these countries, and America had the time to grow and develop.
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What year did the U.S enter the war?
The U.S entered the war in 1917.
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What was the U.S afraid of, economically, that caused them to join the war?
They had investments in Britain and France, and if they lost these investments, the U.S would be in a financial tragedy.
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What happened to women during the war?
Women started getting jobs because most men were fighting in the war.
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What did other nations feel about America joining the war?
The Allies welcomed the U.S, while the Central Powers despised the U.S entry.
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How did the World War affect the Great Migration?
When the men from the North went to join the war, the African Americans traveled from the South to the North to take the jobs left behind.
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What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
It's a type of naval warfare where submarines sink merchant ships without warning.
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What event caused the public to pressure President Wilson to declare war on Germany?
The sinking of Lusitania.
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What economic event did the war indirectly cause?
The Great Depression.
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How did President Woodrow Wilson react to the Treaty of Versailles?
President Woodrow Wilson was dissatisfied. He did agree that the Germans should be punished, but to an extent, and feared that Germany would someday seek revenge.
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After the events of the Lusitania sinking and the Zimmerman Telegram, what happened to the point of view of the American people?
The nation was divided between going to war and staying isolated, but most of the public was pro war.
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How did propaganda in the USA display Germans?
It usually displayed the Germans as barbaric and evil beings.
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What kind of American ships did the Germans usually destroy?
Merchant ships going from the U.S to Europe to trade.
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How was the war a cause of the Great Depression.
When the soldiers came back and all their jobs were taken away, the unemployment rate increased dramatically, and so the Great Depression was caused.
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What was one factor that encouraged the Americans to stay away from the war and follow the Isolationalist Foreign Policy?
People heard about the trench warfare, and the horrors of the war, and this supported the idea of staying away from the war.
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What happened to the soldiers that came back from the war?
They had less job opportunities.
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How many Americans died in the sinking of the Lusitania?