Question

7. Why did the United States declare war on the Central Powers in 1917? Choose the three correct

answers.
A. The United States was concerned with Japanese militarism in the Pacific.
B. U.S. imperialists wanted to claim German colonies conquered during the war.
C. The German navy resumed unrestricted submarine warfare, sometimes sinking U.S. ships.
D. Arthur Zimmermann offered to restore U.S. territory to Mexico in return for Mexican support.
E. The United States feared a disruption of trade with the Allies in the event of a German victory.
F. U.S. President Wilson wanted to restrain France and Britain in punishing Germany after the war.

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war. On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917.