Why Did America Join World War I?

America entered the First World War on January 31, 1917, when the German military leaders had brand new submarine weapons in the Atlantic. This became a problem for the United States because they had planned to send vessels for France, Italy or Britain, but this would have destroyed the plan by sinking them. Woodrow Wilson was not angry but sad about this, because he knew this meant war, and he did not like wars, in fact he disliked them. The Germans called out the United States in a newspaper by illustrating the facts; they did not have a good army, no airplanes, no transportation, and many other warfare utilities they needed. Kaiser Wilhelm even said he did not care if the military of the United States joined the war, because they were weak and unprepared. He demanded to put the submarines in the Atlantic, as if the United Sates of America was not going to find out and warned everyone about the
The United States lost people, money, market, and many other things. These things did not help America progress, but the equality for men and women and the opportunities they had. Even after the war ended owners still wanted women to stay and keep working. Race was also affected, because somehow the people realized color did not matter when it came to fighting for their country. Maybe people became aware of many options they had after the war; politics were a huge topic in people’s everyday life as well. (Shi and Tindall 1001). Also, the war kind of destroyed the life that was kind of “laissez faire” for Americans before it happened. The federal government took over a lot of things, but also basically ruined the economy when the war was starting, and this blocked progressivism for a while. Progressivism kind of faded out when the war started, because politics focused more on it than the domestic problems (Shi and Tindall 983,