AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Question
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The U.S. 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 U.S. ships.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The sinking of the Lusitania was the most notorious and deadly of several German submarine attacks in early 1917–attacks that were a key factor in the United States’ decision to abandon a policy of neutrality and enter the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -The entry of the United States was the turning point of the war, because it made the eventual defeat of Germany possible. It had been foreseen in 1916 that if the United States went to war, the Allies’ military effort against Germany would be upheld by U.S. supplies and by enormous extensions of credit.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lusitania Sinks On May 7, 1915, a German submarine sank the British ocean liner Lusitania, resulting in the deaths of nearly 1, 200 people, including 128 Americans. The incident strained diplomatic relations between Washington and Berlin and helped turn public opinion against Germany.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: The main result of Germany’s use of unrestricted submarine warfare during World War l was the entry of the United States into the conflict. Submarines had been attacking the ships of neutral countries, as well as, ships that carried civilian passengers.