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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 $369,397,170 $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 this chart, what conclusion can be drawn by comparing the value of United States exports to

Germany to the value of exports to Great Britain between 1914 and 1916? [1]