Why Did America Join World War I?

World war I was the first world war that cause about 40 million deaths and over 300 billion dollars of damage. The Allies and Central powers were fight most for power and respect. The Franco-Prussian war triggered tension and the alliance system and the arms race. The Franco-Prussian was the one of the main reasons the war started anthers reason was the assentation of the archduke of Austria-Hungry Franz Ferdinand assassinated. I believe that they should not have joined the war.

When Germany started sinking ship without warning this got America mad because they were killing Americans. Even though Germany did not know they were killing Americans they did not stop. They would not follow the rules for sinking ships. But what really triggered them was the Zimmerman. The Germans sent a note to Mexico asking them to invade America and in trade they would get Arizona,
America join the war 1917. Since America was still same and a growing country they did not have lot of high end military supplies. Also they had a very small navy and army. So the government started a draft so they can increase the people in the war. In addition to the draft the government sold liberty bond. These helped fun the army supplies and advance the technology. When America when the war they brought a new weapon called the shotgun. Americans were the first to use shotguns to fight in the war. The shotgun was very effective in trench warfare. The gun shot multiple bullets at once which covered more space at once. This gave them an advantage in the trenches. When America joined the war Russia left the war. Woodrow Wilson also offered the 14 points with the principle of “peace without victory”. The Treaty of Versilia was offered by America to all of the countries to stop fight the war. The treaty also blamed Germany for starting the war and also they had to take responsibilities of the 42 million