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The Sinking Of The Lusitania

Germany's Promise of not attacking merchant ships

This was the first reason that made the U.S.

thinking about entering the war. German U-Boats sunk this ship with torpedoes and killed 1,200 people, 128 of them Americans. President Wilson was angry and asked them why it happened in protests. The Germans, who were scared that further attacks would provoke the U.S. into joining the Allied forces, promised them that they wouldn't attack passenger liners and neutral merchant ships. Believing that they would keep their promise, America decided not to do anything.

Some of the reason that America was not joining the war was on the promise of Germany. After attacking the Lustania, they promised that they wouldn't attack any more merchant or passenger line ships. That promise was not held, because the Germans turned out to attack them the next few years, causing President Woodrow Wilson to declare war on them. It would have all been s

CONCLUSION

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The Zimmerman Telegram

The Idea of American Neutrality in European Wars

The Zimmerman Telegram was also another turning point in America being brought into WW1. On February 24, 1917 President Woodrow Wilson was shown a telegram that was intercepted by the British and was from Germany. It was supposed to reach Mexico. It said that if Mexico helped the Central Powers and made a war with the U.S., they would get Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas back. Citizens soon set their sights on war after their anger on Germany exploded.

In the beginning, George Washington established a idea that America should not get caught up in European or other nations affairs, such as wars. Following that, Woodrow Wilson stayed out of the war, because it didn't concern the United States of America at that time, because it was a mostly European fought war up until 1917.

What was stopping them

What Caused them to go into war

Everyone knew that this was going to happen one way or the other. With so many German U-boat attacks after the promise, and the Zimmerman Telegram, the U.S. had to throw away the idea of neutrality and eventually joined the war. President Woodrow Wilson asked the Congress to declare war on Germany. Overwhelmed by the sheer number of people asking for war, Congress declared war on April 2, 1917. World War 1 had just gotten crazier.

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The Fall of Tsar Nicholas II

The Amount of Bloodshed

The Tsar II Nicholas of Russia was a monarch and hated any type of democratic reforms. Thankfully, the government overthrew him and put in more democratic rules, while still staying in the war against Germany. Now, if the U.S. wanted to enter, it would look like they were supporting an all democratic force, instead of an absolute monarchy. President Wilson reasoned that the U.S. would be joining other democracies to fight tyranny in the war.

There were so many new weapons that were introduced in WW1 that increased the death rate along with it. Some of them included poison gas and machine guns which could kill big numbers of people in just a few seconds. Seeing this all unfold in front of him, President Wilson did not want his country to get into this war and lose many lives that could be easily saved. That is the final reason of what was holding them from joining the war.

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American Neutrality in WW1

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By Kamran Ahmed and Ismail Mohammad

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