United States Exports to Warring Nations, 1914-1916 Nation
1914
1915
1916
Great Britain $594,271,863 $911,794,954 $1,526,685,102
France
$159,818,924 S369 397 170 $628,851,988
Italy
$74,235,012 $184.819.688 $269,246,105
Germany
$344,794,276 $28,863,354 $288,899
"Italy joined the Allies in 1915.
Source: Thomas A. Bailey et al., The American Pageant,
Houghton Mifflin, 1998 (adapted)
Based on the chart above, what conclusion can be drawn by comparing the value of U. S.
exports to Germany to the value of exports to Great Britain between 1914 and 1916?
The United States adopted a policy of neutrality.
The Germans stopped trading with the U. S. during the war years.
O The United States maintained trade with both nations.
The United States expanded its economic alliance with Great Britain.