Learn It Part 2

Here is the excerpt again:

Woodrow Wilson became president of the United States in 1913. The population was 100 million and life expectancy was 52 for men and 56.8 for women. Ninety-five percent of births took place at home. The women’s suffrage movement was taking to the streets demanding the right to vote. The Ford Motor Company began producing affordable automobiles and sold 248,000 cars that year. More Americans could afford to purchase a family car. This caused Americans to take to the roads, unconcerned about international events. Therefore, most people in 1914, were surprised by the swift chain of events that lead to war in Europe.

President Wilson did not think it was in America’s interest to become involved in the European war. He was concerned about Americans taking sides in the conflict because of their national heritage. Over nine million immigrants had come to the United States in the past decade. For this reason, he urged Americans to remain neutral and not to inflame passions in support of one side or the other.

The events in the passage are placed in chronological order below. By looking at these events, you can analyze them by asking the "why" and "how" of the events, and ask if earlier events caused later events to occur.

Event 1 - 1900-1910 Nine million immigrants come to the United States.
Event  2 - 1913 Woodrow Wilson is elected President.
Event  3 - 1913 The population was 100 million and life expectancy about 54.
Event  4 - 1913 95 percent of babies are born at home.
Event  5 - 1913 Women demand the right to vote.
Event  6 - 1913 Ford Motor Company produces affordable cars.
Event  7 - 1913 More Americans buy cars.
Event  8 - 1913 More Americans are traveling.
Event  9 -  Americans are not concerned about foreign affairs.
Event  10 - 1914 War breaks out in Europe.
Event  11 - 1914 Americans are surprised about the European war.
Event  12 - 1914 President Wilson urges neutrality over concerns of national heritage.

Now click on the boxes below to see if the events occurred in a sequence and did not affect each other, or if the events had a cause-and-effect relationship and did affect each other.