Why Did America Join World War I?
In the early twentieth century, tensions that had been rising in European countries were reaching a messy discharge in the way of war. Hostile alliances that split the nations, upturned nationalist and militaristic sentiments. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in 1914, was the final affront and war broke out. Overseas, however, the United States held neutral and remained uninvolved with the foreign fighting, for now. America would not decide to evade the foreign war forever, and eventually they took up arms on April 2, 1917 (Doc. 7). The United States was justified in entering WWI because it held ties to the countries involved, Germany was becoming increasingly hostile, and in the end, when America won the war for their allies,
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Decades later, those immigrants had large families and had become integral parts of their society. However, when the war broke out, those immigrants did not forget where they came from and many still felt passionately about their home affaires--with citizens coming from both sides of the alliances. The President, Woodrow Wilson, decided because of this that it would be better for the country to remain neutral. Except, America could not ignore their close ties to the Allies. France and Britain had the most contiguous relations because of the past alliances in war and a shared language; this is without mentioning their current dealings. The American economy depended, in part, on international trade. When the U.S. stopped loaning money to these trade partners, the nations at war were unable to do business with America. In order to repair their situation, the United States stopped the ban on international trades and loans in 1915. Within two years, exports to both France and Britain had more than doubled, which took up the disturbance of trade between the U.S. and Germany (Doc. 2). In the following years of this act, before their entrance into WWI, America had loaned a great amount of money to the Allied Nations, for which repayment was desired. Consequently, the United States had to ensure their compensation; the most certain way of doing so was to help win the war (Doc. 1). This potential debt heavily influenced America’s
Decades later, those immigrants had large families and had become integral parts of their society. However, when the war broke out, those immigrants did not forget where they came from and many still felt passionately about their home affaires--with citizens coming from both sides of the alliances. The President, Woodrow Wilson, decided because of this that it would be better for the country to remain neutral. Except, America could not ignore their close ties to the Allies. France and Britain had the most contiguous relations because of the past alliances in war and a shared language; this is without mentioning their current dealings. The American economy depended, in part, on international trade. When the U.S. stopped loaning money to these trade partners, the nations at war were unable to do business with America. In order to repair their situation, the United States stopped the ban on international trades and loans in 1915. Within two years, exports to both France and Britain had more than doubled, which took up the disturbance of trade between the U.S. and Germany (Doc. 2). In the following years of this act, before their entrance into WWI, America had loaned a great amount of money to the Allied Nations, for which repayment was desired. Consequently, the United States had to ensure their compensation; the most certain way of doing so was to help win the war (Doc. 1). This potential debt heavily influenced America’s