HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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the U.S. said they would remain neutral
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the U.S. immediately sided with Allies
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the U.S. immediately sided with the Axis powers
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the U.S. declared war on Japan only
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Neutrality, combined with the power of the US military and the protection of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, would keep Americans safe while the Europeans sorted out their own problems.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Wilson and other leading Americans, like industrialist Henry Ford, attempted to facilitate negotiations for peace to end the conflict in Europe. Americans organized and provided humanitarian aid to war victims, particularly the monumental relief operation led by Herbert Hoover to feed German-occupied Belgium.
Detailed explanation-4: -Winning the War U.S. forces were thrown into action, and helped turn back the German assault. Over the summer and into the fall of 1918, the Americans played an emerging role as the Allies finally pushed back the Germans on the Western Front. The Allies also advanced on other battlefronts.