Question

The United States did not enter the war until 1917 due to various circumstances. What led to the United States entering World War l, what ALMOST led to our entering the war and do you agree or disagree that with Wilson’s reasons for staying out of the War until then?

Answer 1

When World War I broke out across Europe in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the United States would remain neutral, and many Americans supported this policy of nonintervention. However, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 Americans. Along with news of the Zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between Germany and Mexico, Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. The U.S. officially entered the conflict on April 6, 1917.

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