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Based on "How We Entered World War I," which detail explains why the sinking of the Lusitania led the United States to enter World War I?

A
The Lusitania carried ammunition as well as nonmilitary passengers.
B
The Germans began using submarine warfare.
C
The ship was torpedoed without warning.
D
Of the 1,195 passengers killed, 124 were from the United States.
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How does the author of "How We Entered World War I" organize the information in the text?

A
The author explains the decision to go to war by comparing and contrasting events that led to World War I.
B
The author presents her interpretation and opinions about the United States and its reasons for entering World War I.
C
The author outlines events chronologically to give a complete account of the United States entering World War I.
D
The author offers opinions of those living in the United States and how they felt about the country's involvement in the war.
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Read the paragraph from "Wilson's War Message to Congress."We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their Government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval. It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools.The text structure used to support the viewpoint in the paragraph is

A
problem and solution
B
chronological order
C
compare and contrast
D
main idea and details
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What does the repetition of the word "neutral" throughout "How We Entered World War I" emphasize?

A
the author's lack of bias in researching the events that led the United States to enter World War I
B
the stance taken by the United States in its attempt to remain isolated from World War I
C
the fact that Wilson was unable to mobilize the United States into entering World War I
D
how a reader must view the facts presented in this account of the history of World War I
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Which statement best summarizes "Wilson's War Message to Congress"?

A
Wilson presents Congress with a clear argument for war against Germany, which includes an outline for implementation.
B
Wilson urges Congress to declare war by presenting a case against Germany.
C
Wilson presents a case to Congress for entering World War I based on the desire to retaliate against Germany.
D
Wilson explains the support needed from Congress to successfully enter World War I.
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What is the best summary of the first paragraph of "How We Entered World War I"?

A
The United States was not considered a great power until it entered World War I, thus beginning its continual involvement in world affairs.
B
The Spanish-American War gave the United States a basis of power so it could enter World War I as a great power.
C
The United States entered World War I as a great power but has not influenced world affairs in the same way since.
D
The United States has always been considered a great power, despite its desire to withdraw from world affairs.
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Read the excerpt from "How We Entered World War I."In the midst of it came the revelation of the telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann inviting Mexico into alliance as a belligerent. As a scheme to keep U.S. forces occupied on their own border, it offered to help Mexico regain her lost territories of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.The author most likely uses the word "scheme" to

A
explain to the reader that acts of war are carefully planned and executed.
B
point out the anger the United States had toward Mexico and Germany.
C
show the reader that Germany was a legitimate threat to the United States.
D
demonstrate that Germany had no allies in World War I.
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How does the text structure of "Wilson's War Message to Congress" help to support his message?

A
Wilson focuses on a single fact to convince Congress to go to war against Germany.
B
Wilson presents both his opinions and facts to make a clear argument for war against Germany.
C
Wilson offers only his opinions on why entering World War I is a strategic move.
D
Wilson details his viewpoint of the situation using little factual information.
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How does President Wilson organize paragraph 8 of "Wilson's War Message to Congress"?It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts—for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.

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He details events in chronological order.
B
He describes a clear cause-and-effect situation.
C
He compares and contrasts his reluctance to go to war.
D
He states a main idea and offers details to make his point.
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Which statement best describes the main idea of paragraph 5, which begins “For Wilson,” in "How We Entered World War I"?

A
Once the people of the United States realized that the war would carry on, they became more involved.
B
The economy of the United States improved greatly after the ban on trade was removed.
C
Wilson presented a case for entering World War I based on the desire to retaliate against Germany.
D
The people of the country sided with the Allies long before the United States entered the war.

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