US Involvement In World War I

The “Great War” (aka) World War one was very bloody, that the U.S. had to become involved in the war. It started in 1914 to 1919 (1919 was when it officially ended with the treaty of Versailles). It was with the Central Powers vs. the Allied Powers. The U.S. needed to become involved because they sent war supplies to the fighting nations and Great Britain started to block U.S. ships and President Wilson thought that war zones were illegal. The U.S. was one of the neutral nations of World War one until the third year.
The U.S. sent war supplies to both sides to even out the war, but Germany set up war zones around the island of England to help end the war faster, but Great Britain decided to open up their “war zones” for the U.S. to go into.
entered the war, here are a few reasons how it happened. The Zimmerman Note was actually a large telegram to give México U.S. land if the U.S. lost the war (New México, Arizona and Texas). Also, the Lusitania got sunk by a German U-boat, a total of 1,200 (128 of them were Americans). The U.S. declared war on Germany on April 2, 1917, due to President Woodrow Wilson’s January 22, 1917 speech. American factories stopped the production of consumer goods to make war supplies. The U.S. government increased taxes, and sold bonds, limit the use of certain food products and fuels, they started to draft young men to join the armed forces. The draft has not been in use since the Civil
There were over 2,000,000 American troops under General John Pershing’s control in Europe by end of February to early March. Here are some statistics of WW1: 116,516 U.S. troops died, 204,002 U.S. troops got wounded, the total dead U.S. was 8,528,154 people, the total wounded was 21,189,154 people the total cost to the U.S. was 32.1 billion dollars. The German officers and the Allied officers met in a private RR car in France. The war decreased the great powers of Europe status in the world, but increased the U.S. power in the world. Here are the five of the fourteen points. The secret treaties would end between the nations. Any nation of the world would be free to sail the seas and oceans of the world. The nations would have to decrease the size their armies and navies. The boundaries of every nation would be changed so that everyone can live together in peace. Last but not least, the League of Nations would be started to settle disputes