Question

Why did Congress pass the National Defense Act and Naval Construction Act in 1916?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

a. Congress passed the acts as a means to provoke war.
b. Congress passed the acts to prepare Americans for the possibility of U.S. involvement in the war.
c. Congress passes the acts as a reaction to the sinking of the Lusitania and the Sussex
d. Congress passes the acts because Germany resumed their restricted submarine warfare