Use what you have learned about the time period, Richard Wright, and autobiographies to make a prediction about what you will encounter in Black Boy.

Black Boy will present history from the perspectives of many different people.

Black Boy will contain personal stories about Wright’s life and experiences.

Black Boy will avoid social and cultural complexities.

Black Boy will present a third-person narration of Wright’s life.

the correct answer is d: "party organizers, volunteers, voters, and elected officials."

they wanted the u.s. to fight on the side of the central powers.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.