The United States entered the war because of the Germans' decision to resume the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, and the so-called 'Zimmerman telegram,' intercepted by the British, in which Germany floated the idea of an alliance with Mexico.
The whites called for Rowland to be lynched near Tulsa because they believed that he had brutally attacked a white woman in an elevator.
b/They believed that he had brutally attacked a white woman in an elevator.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The racial tensions that were frequently surfacing after World War I were very frequently seen in the city of Tulsa (which was also known as little Africa for the number of blacks residing there).
The infamous incident of the riots that happened after a black teenager named Rowland was falsely believed by the whites to have sexually harassed a white woman made a great impact on the relations between the whites and the blacks all over the country.
