Why Did America Join The First World War?

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.

There were a lot of people who were against joining the war but public opinion was turned towards joining the war mostly because of Germany’s military acts. The U.S. joined the war for economic reasons, and the economy was drastically changed by the war.

War waged violently for a long time across many fronts before the United States entered the World War II, beginning with Japan’s invasion of Manchuria in 1931. Adolf Hitler and his Nazism rose to power in Germany, while Benito Mussolini and his fascism gained control of Italy. Great Britain and France adopted appeasement policies, allowing Hitler to invade and take control without much resistance. This changed when Germany invaded Poland, and Britain and France finally entered the war as the Allied Powers. In September of 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan began the Axis Powers.

Why did the American position regarding entrance to World War I shift? How did it affect America? It had been tradition to stay neutral during the war and not get involved. However, despite tradition and many Americans' position on staying neutral in the war, the government decided to join the Allies in the fight. During World War I, American concerns of trade with Europe and for the future of democracy influenced major developments in transportation and communication; this led to an impact in American society politically, socially, and economically.

Some Americans, such as the Warhawks, believed the war was essential. One reason they wanted to fight was because of impressment. During the Napoleonic Wars with France, Britain wanted the United States to only trade with them. After we declined, Britain was angry and started taking our ships and kidnapping our sailors so we

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.

At the point when the provinces pronounced their freedom, numerous individuals on both sides questioned they could win the war. The British dwarfed and outgunned the Americans, and their troops were better prepared.The Americans' significant favorable position was logistic: they were battling a war on recognizable landscape. What's more, Washington's attempt at manslaughter strategies made it outlandish for the British to convey a devastating blow.

In the World War II, French joined the war. I believe that the reason for French to joined the war was Germany broke the treaty of Versailles to attack Poland. French was afraid that Germany was too strong and maybe they will attack France later, so they joined the World War II. And French also got support from America, so they weren’t so weak.

### 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.

On June 28, 1914, a young Serbian nationalist that was for the revolution in his country named Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Tensions were high between these two countries at the time, and started to escalate dramatically till this event happened. This set off a chain of events that helped to developed into allies, revolutions, and led to a declaration of war. World War I started barely one month later [history.com].

Politics executed a part in America entering the war also. Propaganda from both sides determined America’s decision. President Wilson did not want to go to war, but when Teddy Roosevelt wanted to run for anther term, Wilson felt intimidated and declared that there would be a preparation program and a chance that America would go to war. By taking part in the war, America was validating itself as a world power.

As the outbreak of WWI (World War I), the world was under a huge changing period regarding technologies, ideologies and civilizations. Impacts were inevitable from war, thousands of sacrifices, ruined families, and even the fall of countries. However, it is undisputed that the WWI changed the women 's historical process, particularly in European countries. Women 's employment scale was largely over prewar level; their status and position in wartime and postwar evoked a dispute. On one hand, the WWI brought the women unprecedented massive scale of employment that used to be unthinkable for them in the wartime; however, on the contrary, the war led to a rare proper sense of citizenship for women. This essay aims to take an analysis on how and what did the WWI made the impact on women in the former European countries. Firstly, it will focus on employments situations for women in wartime, how they react to these changes and the negative dissatisfactory after they urged more rights. Secondly, it will take some cases of European countries as examples to illustrate that though there were an increasing number of feminist movements and women began to fight for their political rights the frustrations and definition from the society’s conservative prevented women into the public sphere.

World War I was named the war to end all wars in its time but little did people know that twenty years later an even more gruesome war would break out in Europe and in the Pacific. Early in World War II the United States as a neutral country because in the beginning of the war our economy was in jeopardy and our country liked to avoid foreign affairs in an act called isolationism. But with the war brewing up in Europe the Americans were hit by a surprise attack in the Pacific by the Japanese army at an airbase in Hawaii called Pearl Harbor. Being attacked on our soil was one of the main factors that took the United States out of isolationism and brought us onto the world stage. But what else was a factor in the United States entering the war? Was stopping the fascist movement in Europe? Or was it because of our friendships with France and Britain. With all these factors the United States entry into the war was certain.

Why did America fight in World War 1(WW1)? What caused them to join three years later. All your questions will be answered in a simple and easy way. Starting off with the beginning. America joined WW1 because Germany was being foolish. On April 6,1917 the United States (US) joined their allies (Britain France and Russia) to fight in WW1. More than 2 million US soldiers fought to protect their country. The US entered WW1 because of Germany's unrestricted warfare, their lost of trust with Germany and the allies Germany tried to make with Mexico against the US.

The United States entered World War I because of German submarine warfare against merchant ships trading with Britain and France, which led to the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in which 128 American lives were lost. [3] The US had also intercepted the Zimmerman Telegram which had been sent between Germany and Mexico, urging Mexico to declare war against the United States. [4]