“When the U.S joined World War 1, it was two and half years old”. The United States desperately wanted to attack Germany because of the sinking of one the U.S cargo ship on February 3. Three reasons why the United States joined WW1 is because of the Arabic Crisis, The Lusitania, and the violation of sussex pledge. The Arabic crisis made the U.S join the war. “In the early 1905-1913 twentieth century, the Europeans powers had formed themselves into two rival groups: versus the TRIPLE ETERNITY.. The policies of these groups began to clash in many parts of the world. Altogether there were four important clashes from 1905 to 1913: two arising out of the Moroccan question, and two concerning disputes in the Balkans. Whenever a clash arose, the two groups seemed to be on the point of war”( Pre-war crisis). This evidence proves that the Arabic crisis also made the U.S join the war. …show more content…
“ The earlier German attack on merchant ships off the South coast of Ireland prompted the British to warn the Lusitania to avoid the area or take simple evasive action, such as zigzagging to confuse U- boats plotting the vessel's course. The caption of the Lusitania ignored these recommendations and at 2:12 pm on May 7, in the waters of the Celtic Sea, the 32,000- ton ship was hit by an exploding torpedo on its starboard side. The torpedo blast was followed by a larger explosion, probably of the ships boliter. The Lusitania sank within 20 minutes”(History.com)My evidence show that if it was for the sink of Lusitania the United States wouldn’t get involved in world war 1. This prove that this is how the the U.S got involved to take back what Germany took from them. The United States also got involved because of the violation of Sussex