Question

Why did Congress pass the National Defense Act and the Naval Construction Act in 1916?
a. Congress passed the acts because Germany resumed their unrestricted submarine warfare.
b.Congress passed the acts as a reaction to the sinking of the Lusitania and the Sussex.
c.Congress passed the acts as a means to provoke war.
d.Congress passed the acts to prepare Americans for the possibility of U.S. involvement in the war.

Answer 1

d.Congress passed the acts to prepare Americans for the possibility of U.S. involvement in the war.

Answer 2

Yep its d.