Why Did The Us Enter World War 1

April 6, 1917, the day that the United States entered in a war with the world. In the early years of World War 1 the United States wasn’t involved. The war itself started on July 28, 1914. The main countries involved at the start of the war were Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, and Italy on the Allied side. The Central Powers consisted of Germany, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. The war started because Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was murdered by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip. Princip was a part of a nationalist association in Serbia known as the Black Hand. The Black Hand wanted independence from Austria-Hungary and murdering the heir of the throne is how they took action. This caused the country of Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia who was allied with Great Britain,
Germany sunk the Lusitania “On May 7, the British-owned Lusitania ocean liner was torpedoed without warning just off the coast of Ireland.” (America Enters World War 1). This shows that Germany was sinking ships without warning whether the ships were American or not. They were doing anything to keep supplies from reaching the Allies. The Americans asked Germany to stop sinking ships with American people on them and “in August, Germany pledged to see to the safety of passengers before sinking unarmed vessels, but in November sunk an Italian liner without warning, killing 272 people, including 27 Americans.” (America Enters World War 1). This shows how Germany continued to sink ships after the Lusitania which had 128 Americans on it. They pledged to stop but they continued which irritated Americans and the United States government because they disobeyed their pledge. Although the tragic sinking of the Lusitania was an important reason for America entering the war it wasn’t the only