The whole reasons that we ended up getting involved in the first place was because we had been trading at the time of World War I with all of the countries that was involved in the war! Woodrow Wilson was the president at this point in time. He had been relegted, and did not to get put into the middle of the war. He was very strict about that. Germany had avoided the resupply of it's enemys.
Than it had a reverse affect than planned. We had intered the war in 1916. Alot of people thought that the "Bankers" were involved. The US had very many investments with France and Britian. If they lost they would not be able to pay back our debts, and that right there would cause big problems. France and England were financing there war with US loans. They were also buying big amounts of arms from the US on credit. The US wanted to make sure that it got paid back. Germany also purchased arms, but in a smaller way.
Submarine welfare was a big chunk. We sunk a British transport ship, otherwise known as the Lusitania. It was bound in New York going back to Britian. The German ship was out to sink all of the ships that transported goods. 1195, people died, including 128 Americans.
Polotics also had somethings to do with it! Propoganda had infuenced the American decision for most of the part. Woodrow Wilson did not want to go to war, not one bit. Than Teddy Roosevelt decided to run for another term, Wilson felt threatened and had announced that the country could possily go to war. When we entered the war we realized that it's really happening, and that we needed to kick it into gear, and fight.
President Wilson had wanted the world to be safe from democracy. He even had a war address to Congress.
Alot of people have there personal opionions about the war. My personal opionion was that I don't think that we should have went in. I mean from the start it wasn't even our war. We shouldn't have went in. Than we wouldn't be where we are today, possibly. I wish we wouldn't have. Right now we can only hope for better though. Obvousily we did go in to the war. I wish we wouldn't have, but we did. Cannot change it now. All we can do is wish it will get better!
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_US_become_involved_in_World_War_1
http://frontlinesoffreedom.com/2012/03/02/how-we-got-in-to-wwi/
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Good job Lyric but no pics!!