AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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The interception of the Sussex Pledge and the impending threat of espionage
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The buildup of arms in Europe and the German use of unrestricted submarine warfare
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Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and our growing alliance with Great Britain
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The interception of the Zimmerman telegram and German disregard for the Sussex Pledge
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Detailed explanation-1: -The telegram was considered perhaps Britain’s greatest intelligence coup of World War I and, coupled with American outrage over Germany’s resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare, was the tipping point persuading the U.S. to join the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Germany’s resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilson’s decision to lead the United States into World War I.
Detailed explanation-3: -When war broke out in Europe, the United States immediately declared its neutrality. President Woodrow Wilson stated that America must be “impartial in thought as well as in action.” For a century, the U.S. had stayed out of European affairs. Most Americans preferred to continue this policy.
Detailed explanation-4: -When war broke out in Europe in 1914 President Wilson declared that the United States would follow a strict policy of neutrality. This was a product of a longstanding idea at the heart of American foreign policy that the United States would not entangle itself with alliances with other nations.