AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I
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Russian Revolution
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Sinking of the Lusitania
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Zimmerman telegram
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U.S. acquired Guam and the Philippines
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Zimmermann telegram clearly had helped draw the United States into the war and thus changed the course of the war, which ended with an armistice, an agreement in which both sides agree to stop fighting, on November 11, 1918.
Detailed explanation-2: -His neutral stance and lack of involvement in foreign matters have been attributed to his religious upbringing and academic background. A devout Christian, Wilson did not believe God was calling him to enter World War I, so he attempted to keep the United States out of the conflict.
Detailed explanation-3: -The State Department promptly sent a copy of the Zimmermann Telegram to President Wilson, who was shocked by the note’s content and the next day proposed to Congress that the U.S. should start arming its ships against possible German attacks.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Zimmermann Telegram affected American neutrality in World War I by ending it. After Germany confirmed the contents of the Zimmermann Telegram in March 1917, public outcry in the United States led President Wilson to ask Congress for a declaration of war against Germany.