join the war until 1917. The United States always kept a policy of neutrality when the war broke out in 1914‚ and some of the primary factors that influence the entrance of the U.S into war and the declaration of war against Germany were the sinking of the Lusitania‚ Zimmerman telegram‚ and unrestricted submarine warfare. On April 2‚ 1997‚ president Woodrow Wilson went before a joint meeting of congress to demand an announcement of war against Germany. He stated that Germany’s violation of its pledge
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invasion. Necessity for war Therefore Germanys fears were justifiable. America’s justification for entering the war - Germany’s sinking of ships was ludacris. Americans were well aware that ships slipping into war zones in the vicinity of Britain inherently had the risk of being sunk. In fact‚ the only people justified attacking were the Germans. The American ship‚ the Lusitania‚ possesed weapons aboard bound for Britain. The Germans had no choice but to sink it. • The germans weren’t the only ones breaking
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World War I was the first globally encompassing war. To many Americans with a general knowledge of history‚ the entrance of the United States into World War I was merely about one thing and one thing only: the sinking of the Lusitania. Though it is a viable reason and provides a moral rationale for American entrance into the war‚ numerous other reasons for American entry are often lost in history. The American government led by Woodrow Wilson and Progressives had both economic and socio-political
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World War 1 was a war that started off just because of the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ beneficiary to the Austro-Hungarian throne in Sarajevo on June 28th‚ 1914 by Gavrilo Princip whom was one of a gathering of six professional killers (one Bosniak and five Serbs). The Black Hand (A Siberian patriot mystery society) carelessly set in a train of arrangement of occasions that inevitably prompt the world’s first worldwide war; "One thing lead to an alternate." After years of engaging
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On January 9th‚ 1917‚ Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg announced the use of unrestricted submarine warfare. Hollweg decided that the policy of a wholesale-unrestricted attack might keep America out of the war. Due to the weakness of the country at the moment‚ their best line of defense would be through these unrestricted attacks. Americas “neutral ships” had been moving across the Atlantic bringing in supplies for the allies. This brought Hollweg to the conclusion to use U- boats and use this zone of
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crossfire between Germany and Britain. The Lusitania‚ British cruise/transport ship had left New York for Britain‚ and along the way‚ had been assaulted by a U-ring of German submarines. About twelve hundred people died‚ with about 130 of them being American (Answers.com). Seeing as the U.S’ fuse was rather short by then‚ we took this as the final straw. We ‚ Americans‚ declared initiation into the way shortly after the upset arose from the sinking of the Lusitania. Although we had previously been racking
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equivalent of two burgers in a modern fast-food restaurant. Faith in the Kaiser was reducing. The German public were putting pressure on the Government to stop fighting‚ to stop the war. The British Blockade also sunk any German ships that they found. The sinking of German Ships cut supplies of food and Nitrates to Germany - Nitrate being vital for the making of explosives for the army‚ and fertiliser for the farmers. The result of the British Blockade was that over 300‚000 German died due to malnutrition
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brink of ending the war before we even decided to go. If we stayed out of it‚ then Europe could have found their own way to put aside their grievances end the war and begin to rebuild and heal. My second reason is the U.S used the sinking of the Lusitania as a reason to engage in the war but in my opinion
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neutral. This war lasted four years‚ from 1914 to 1918‚ but the United States didn’t enter until 1917. The United States was right to enter WWI because Germany was sinking America’s ships although they were neutral‚ the U.S. was being plotted against by Germany‚ and Germany would’ve won the war. Germany was sinking and would’ve kept sinking America’s boats‚ although they were neutral. Document 1 states‚ “…use its submarines to sink every vessel
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workers‚ and soldiers were swept up by this flu‚ and immobilized completely. Not only were the Americans on our soil getting affected but also the brave men on the frontlines in Europe. The United States entered the war with relish‚ German U-boats were sinking American ships‚ and killing American citizens in an effort to cut off American supplies going into Europe. America at this point‚ was already heavily connected
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