AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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The US was angry that an archduke had been assassinated.
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Mexico and Germany attacked the United States.
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President Wilson hated Germany and wanted to punish it.
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German submarines were attacking US ships.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The US entered World War I because Germany embarked on a deadly gamble. Germany sank many American merchant ships around the British Isles which prompted the American entry into the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war.
Detailed explanation-3: -The British gave President Wilson the Zimmermann telegram on February 24, and on March 1 the American press reported on its existence. The American public was outraged by the news of the Zimmermann telegram and it, along with Germany’s resumption of submarine attacks, helped lead to the United States to join the war.
Detailed explanation-4: -What were the main reasons for U. S. involvement in the war? The main reasons the US got involved in the war was because of nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and forming allies.