The United States tried to remain neutral during World War I, but numerous things occured that tipped the balance and made the U.S. finally declare war. The first thing was the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, by Germany. The Lusitania was a ship carrying over 1,000 innocent passengers, with over 100 Americans onboard, a German U-boat sank the ship, ultimately killing everyone. Americans were furious about this, but it was not enough for the United States to declare war and join the Allied powers during World War I. The Zimmerman Telegram was the occurrence that finally made President Woodrow Wilson finally declare war. The Zimmerman Telegram was supposed to be a secret telegram to Mexico from the Germans, however it was decoded and brought to the United States' attention in 1917. This telegram stated if Mexico sided with Germany during World War I, and attacked the states, when Germany won the war they promised they would give Mexico territories. This was a huge threat, as Mexico bordered the United States, and it was the final straw into the United States entering World War I. On April 6, 1917, after the speech of Woodrow Wilson, the United States had officially declared war on Germany and entered World War I as one of the Allied powers.
The colonies advertised the middle colonies in Europe to help attract more settlers.
People that moved to the middle colonies to escape any type of religious persecutions. <span />
“Schenck believed that war helps the rich while sacrificing the poor men who are forced to fight, and he contended that the draft violated the U.S. Constitution.”
The correct answer is B) by establishing overseas colonies.
European nations competed for power in the years before World War I by establishing overseas colonies.
Between 1881 and 1914, European powers competed for each other to establish more colonies in Africa and other parts of the world. In the case of the African continent, the dispute was so high that the term of "Scramble for Africa" was coined. European countries such as Great Britain, France, and Portugal occupied, colonize or split the African territories to get more power and dominion.
World War 1 started in August 1914.
Answer:
The American annexation of the Philippines.
Explanation:
The Anti Imperialist League was created in 1898, in response to the annexation of the Philippines by the United States. It was, basically, a group of conservative democrats who opposed the expansionist idea once defended by Manifest Destiny, as well as the militarization and strategic expansion ordered by the main leaders of the Republican Party. Its foundation lay in the principle of freedom and consensus of the governed, by means of which they said that America would act as a tyranny to try to expand its territories, by crushing the rights of the inhabitants of those lands.
