Should America Join World War I?

After following the arguments for and against the United States’ entry into the Great War these past few days, I have come to the support the decision of President Wilson to enter the war. Not only must we fight for democracy and the rights of the people, but the failure of the Allies would result in a huge economic setback for America. For these reasons I believe the entry of the United States into the war is the right call at the present time. However, we are not entering this war purely for unselfish reasons.

The United States never wanted to join the war, but as time went on, the events that happened made it almost impossible not to join. The trouble for the U.S arose when the belligerent powers tried to stop supplies from reaching the enemy. Great Britain having the stronger navy was the first to declare a naval blockade against Germany, by mining the North Sea and seizing ships, including U.S ships – attempting to run the blockade. President Wilson protested British seizure of American Ships as a violation of a neutral nation’s right to freedom of the seas. But Germany’s supplies from America were getting cut off by the British warfare. And this was making Germany mad, that they were not getting supplies. Germany’s one hope for challenging British warfare at sea lay with a new naval weapon: the submarine. When Germany sank another five unarmed U.S merchant ships in March, Wilson was ready for

The Germans were not going to stop instigating until the United States entered the war. Also the Germans were going to win the war if the United States did not step in soon enough. If the Germans had won things would not have ended well for the other nations. The United States was not as injured at the other nations we were fresh and clean and ready to fight. The other nations were still dirty from trench warfare and many of their soldiers had already died. The United States came in at a perfect time. These are the reasons why we the United States made the right choice in entering World War

Today, I will be talking about how the United states got involved into the World War I also known as the Great War. In World War I, Americans were only involved for about a year and a half when differentiated with belligerents, the United states had spent less time in the combat than any other nation engaged in Great war. However, the warfare had done a lot of damage on America’s land and people and around the world. It also resulted in a big number of war memorials in Indianapolis to honor the veterans of the Great War. The Great War from the beginning till the end took the lives of an estimated of 37 million people which included the soldiers and the innocent civilians. When the war broke out between the European countries,

World War I, or “The Great War”, began in 1914 and ended in 1918. The devastation witnessed in those four years alone, caused nearly 9 million people to die and millions more crippled, grief stricken, maimed, or psychologically scarred. Considered by some to be the first man-made catastrophe of the twentieth century, many scholars still debate over the main underlying causes of World War I. Many things contributed to the war, changing the lives of many people, many of them still evident today. Beginning only as a European conflict, gradually it developed into a world war.

“The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war”(Ralph Waldo Emerson). My paper starts in 1915, at this time, Germany and France are fighting because a black hand from a Serbian Terrorist group killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife in a show of nationalism. The united states is not in the war in 1915, but they do help out Britain and send supplies. Germany wanted to bomb this ship, the Lusitania, that was being sent to Britain. On that ship were 1,200 people, 128 of them were Americans traveling with loads of American war cargo. The Americans were warned by Germany to not get on the ship. Once the ship sank, Americans were very angry at the Germans and eventually, after

Between the years of 1894 and 1914, America’s investments overseas have increased five-fold; however, German U-boats and the Great Britain’s naval blockade threaten our foreign interests. Thus, the United States must join the Allies in The Great War and defend our country, her interests and her allies overseas in Europe. In this paper the reader will be introduced to the pros and cons of America joining the fight against the Central Powers, and why it is essential that the country put up a strong fight against the enemy and become involved with the war.

This war would become known by many names over the years: The Great War, The War to End All War, and, since 1939 World War I. Two days after President Wilson’s War Message was delivered to Congress, Senator Robert La Follette gave a speech opposing American’s involvement in that War. During Sen. La Follette speech he stated, “These messages indicate on the part of the people a deep-seated conviction that the United States should not enter the European war…” This statement represents the feelings of the majority of those Americans opposing the U.S. involvement in the war. Had I lived during 1917, I would have been opposed to the war, and been in support of Sen. La Follette. This in whole because of the statement by President Wilson in his address, “…The present German submarine warfare against commerce is a warfare against mankind…” One word stands out to me from this quote and that word is “commerce.” I feel as though if I am going to fight in a war, my fight will be for those things that deprive the American people of their inalienable rights, and not for the increase of profits for rich

The first reason I think the United States did a good job of entering WWI is the Sinking of the Lusitania. When the Lusitania sunk, a stunning 128 Americans died just because the Germans thought it was a merchant ship (just shot missiles at the Lusitania without even checking what kind of ship it was). With the sinking of the Lusitania, the Secretary of State resigned because he did not want to get involved in the war, which set another uproar. Another thing is the Lusitania was only a cruise liner, with many innocent people on board. I think the Sinking of the Lusitania was a main reason why the US did a good job of entering WWI.

In 1917, as the United States entered World War I, Congress established a system that addressed Veterans benefits which included programs for disability compensation, insurance for service members and Veterans as well as rehabilitative treatments for those that were disabled (www.va.gov). Three years later, 3 separate federal agencies: the Veterans Bureau, Bureau of Pensions of the Interior Department and National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers were charged with administering these benefits and services (www.va.gov). Then, in 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed an Executive Order which consolidated these agencies to a federal administration level and created the Veterans Administration (www.va.gov). Almost seventy years later, in 1989, the Veterans Administration was then renamed the Department of Veterans Affairs (www.va.gov). The purpose for establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) has always been, since inception, and remains to this day, to provide a comprehensive system of assistance for Veterans (www.va.gov). As noble a purpose as the VA was intended, the VA could not escape the bureaucratic dysfunction that has rocked the very core of the military community, the nation and the Western allies with outrage and an immediate call for remedy.

When the First World War erupted in Europe on July 28, 1914; President Woodrow Wilson formally proclaimed that the United States would remain neutral on August 4, 1914. However, the United States did not stick to this proclamation, and eventually became involved in the war efforts. This investigation aims to evaluate the reasons the United States violated their neutrality in order to join the war. In inquiring into the reasons of the United States’ entry into the war, the Zimmermann telegram will be assessed. Primary sources, Message to Congress., 2d Sess., Senate Doc and War Messages, 65th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate Doc. No. 5 by Woodrow Wilson will also be assessed. Online sources, for example

America entered World War I on April 6th, 1917. America was justified in joining the war due to German attacks on U.S. ships or ships that contained U.S. citizens. While there are counter arguments that could be made, I believe America was correct in entering the war.

If the United States didn’t jump in and help defeat Germany they could have had all of Europe to themselves.  United States also had another reason to join the war and that happened to be the Germans breaking promises with them, that they made in the past.

World War I began with with just one event, which was the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and then the whole world erupted into war due to existing alliances which caused obligations. The United States chose to stay neutral at the beginning of the war, while Russia entered immediately due to the fact that Germany declared war on them as well as their ally, France. Germany, obviously, was allied with Austria-Hungary. The British then declared war on Germany due to German forces passing through Belgium. The major powers of Europe were all thrown into a war very quickly, as these wars were declared within the time span of a few days. However, what would have happened if Russia had never joined? What would have happened if the U.S. had chosen to remain neutral throughout the war rather than joining later? Without the U.S. joining the war, the outcome may have not been changed, but without Russia entering the conflict, the

World War 1 was fought between the periods of 1914 to 1919. It is also known as the Great War. WW1 began as a conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary. The conflict spread like wildfire, dragging almost all of the countries in Europe into WW1. Lots of reasons are given onto the cause of the war and what eventually concluded the war. My paper will discuss the different aspects of the war, especially the U.S.’s contribution and involvement to the war.