The Reasons Behind America Joining World War I

The American decision to declare war on Germany was influenced by several factors of varying degrees. To a great extent, the aggressive German naval policy contributed to the involvement of the United States in World War I. A secondary influence on this decision derived from U.S. economic interests abroad and on the homefront. Another influence leading to America’s entrance into war was the use of Allied propaganda. Therefore, the combination of German naval policy, American economic interests, and allied propaganda influenced to the American decision

Background - Historical Context: Some people believed that wars are worth the cost but is the

WWI started on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. At the time a man named Woodrow Wilson was president at the time. President Wilson did not want to go to war. In DBQ 16: Why Did We Enter World War I?-Historical Context by J. Weston Walch, it says “People were determined to keep out of the conflict and applaud president Wilson when he asked that his fellow citizens remain “neutral in fact as well as in name.””Then Germany started unrestricted warfare and a telegram was intercepted saying that a few of our states were going to be given to mexico if they helped germany attack the U.S. These are the main reasons why the U.S should join WWI.

Though the United States promised to remain neutral in WWI, the US entered anyway in 1917 due to intense propaganda, and strict accountability. Moreover, America’s strong relationship with Britain made the joining of the war almost inevitable. In posters the Germans were depicted as mad brutes, eager to destroy America and democracy. Strict accountability made it so the Germans were responsible for every ship they sunk, if it contained an American. American gave billions of dollars to Britain to help their war effort, whereas the Germans got nowhere near that amount.

Another reason of why America had to participate in the war was because of America violating the “Sussex Pledge.” America supplied munitions and financial assets to the Allies, because of this Germany didn’t consider America “neutral” anymore. I believe America’s entry into the war was inevitable at this point. I believe

Even with the actions Germany had done many Americans at that time did not want the United States to go to war. But it was inevitable for the United States to

Entering the war leaves us at trying to fight for democracy, but it might not continue, we could lose it in a split second, even on home ground. The only thing we could gain is the bodies or water, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. But spreading towards Europe would be a bad idea and no one could barricade the bodies of water. In this case, the United States has nothing to

By the time President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany and its allies, the World War I had already been raging for four years (Doenecke, 2010, p. 1). Prior to this declaration of war, America had tried to remain neutral, while Germany, Autria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria waged war against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Rumania, and Japan. Many of these belligerents joined the war at various times during this four year period, so the war continued to expand during this four year period. Wilson and a significant percentage (49%) of the American public had wanted to stay out of this conflict as possible when it first started (Doenecke, 2010, p. 20), but a series of events forced America's hand.

In 1919, Treaty of Versailles was made after the World War I. Germany and Austria-Hungary was blamed for the Great War and was imposed financial debts and territorial dismemberment on them. Germans could not afford the huge debts and during the 1920s the Great Depression which started in the USA impacted the economies of the whole world. There was high unemployment and the prices of daily necessities were high. The German government was distrusted. People chose to believe a man Adolf Hitler with his extreme ideas, and Racism that promised to make Germany stand up again. After Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, he had secretly built up a military and

### appears to be part of Esssay 384218##World War 1, also known as The Great War, is the fifth-deadliest conflict in history. It was mainly a battle for independence between countries, and until April 6, 1917 the U.S. had tried to pull away from it. Only about 20% of America had actually wanted to get involved, while about 80% had voted against any American involvement. When the American passenger boat known as the Lusitania had been destroyed by German U-boats and the Germans had broken their promise of not destroying any more American ships, there truly was no choice but to fight with the Allies against the Central Powers. The pros and cons of entering this war are very debatable, yet quite factual when basing them on life in this time period. Three pro arguments that were relevant would be that the Germans needed to be stopped, that the war would actually lead to peace, and that it had certainly improved our nation. Three con arguments could be that the Great Depression was pushed with the U.S. being involved, that the Allies really didn’t need America’s assistance, and that people believed that this war would not lead to peace at all.

Many Americans have the belief that United State should not be part of any European wars. World War one had a huge affect on the United State and they don't want that to happen again. But it was unavoidable. As the Axis power began to slowly advance and surrounding North and South America, United has to get involved. They issued the Selective Service Act to help America become prepared for war. But a lot of the new recruits have not yet fired a rifle or held them. These untrained soldier put American in a stand still in their military. These inexperienced and young adults were ready to get drafted but not peek for war. I believe that United State should have been war prepared. After the event of World War one, they should have at least tried to get their military strength back to where it was before. If they had done that, that would have at least half of their troops war ready and the other half are being prepared to replace them. And they should also have seen the incoming events in Europe. One nation could not have easily taken eleven countries in less than a year. This tells us that Americans are oblivious to what was going on around them. Americans should know what is going on outside their country because if they don’t, it would have been too late. United State could have been easily taken by the Axis

Even though it is believed that World War I was initialized by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, others believe that there were a number of issues that played into the start of the war. There are said to be four areas that played into the cause of World War I, including the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the other three are imperialism, militarism, and nationalism. In this paper, we will discuss all of these areas to see how they played a part. We will also discuss what events drew the United States into World War I.

When war broke out, there was no way the world could possibly know the severity it would have taken on the people of the world. Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies would have to be stopped. America’s Involvement in World War II not only contributed in the downfall of the insane Adolph Hitler and his Third Reich, but also came at the best time and moment. If the United States entered the war any earlier the consequences would probably have been worse.

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.

The involvement of the United States in the war was very important for the allied forces that were fighting Germany. If the United States did not get involved than Germany could very well have taken over Europe and then attempted to take over the United States and eventually taking over the world. It is important to help support our allies in a time of need to prevent a war being brought to Americans on United States soil.