Essay On Why Did The Us Join The Neutral Policy

Late in the winter of 1917, tensions around the world grew in the midst of World War I. The U.S. remained neutral in the beginning; however, the U.S. severed diplomatic connections with Germany in early February after Germany announced their agenda (“Wilson's War Message to Congress.”). Germany had declared their intent to sink any sea vessel that sought to approach the ports of Great Britain, Ireland, or the ports of its enemies within the Mediterranean. Breaking its promise, Germany put aside all restraints of law or of humanity, sinking every vessel, along with passenger ships, with no warning. President Wilson, after witnessing a plethora of inhumane atrocities, spoke before an irritated and aggravated congress, asking them for a declaration of war. The congress, who had voted to abstain from entering the war, reversed their decision and overwhelmingly voted to enter World War I (“Wilson's War Message to Congress.”). President Wilson expertly used a variety of appeals and rhetorical devices to sway the congress in his favor.

Reason for US neutrality during the 1920s and 1930s was very simple.Great Depression and Stock market crash..US had to take care about government and problems inside the country and they don't had time and responsibilities to help other contries.At first they had to fix their problems

In addition to the economic loss and security breach of the sinking of many American and British ships, there were other factors that went into the decision to wage war on Germany. One of these was the Zimmerman Telegram. This was a telegram sent by Germany to Mexico on January of 1917, promoting the idea of waging war on the United States; it also entailed a plan for Mexico to “reconquer the lost territories in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.” Unfortunately for the Germans, this telegram was intercepted by the British. Great Britain, wanting the United States to declare war on Germany, forwarded the telegram to the United States. President Wilson learned of the note in February, and the telegram’s contents were made public just a month later. As one can see, this was a notable security threat to the United States, and even contained plans for Mexico to wage war against America. The U.S. was trying to expand its borders, and losing territory would not help further this goal. Moreover, the United States would lose many men and supplies trying to defend its territorial possessions. So, the Wilson Administration saw that the only logical course of action, after this potentially dangerous telegram, was to commit to war against Germany. They would declare war in less

Zimmerman publicly confirmed the authenticity of the telegram, and that he indeed was responsible for its creation, as a method to prevent American entry into the war. Zimmermann saw no value in denying a fact that can be easily proven. As he himself said in a press conference on March 3, 1917: "I cannot deny it. It is true." Zimmerman also said that this message also pursued further diplomatic negotiations with the Japanese and Mexican governments; to which Japan’s ambassador to Germany answered, “too ridiculous for words”. Mexico never even considered a war with the U.S. was even possible. The country was engaged in a civil war, and the government of President Carranza knew that Mexico could not win against America, some of the reasons this was based on was that The United States

    During the outbreak of the War, the United States claimed to be neutral, but there are a couple major reasons as to why that is false. One primary reason is the relationship between Great Britain and America. Throughout the beginning, the United States provided the Allies’ supplies to help with the War. For instance, “By April 1917 more than $2 billion worth of goods had been sold to the Allies”, which angered the Germans immensely(Howard Zinn). These supplies also helped keep thousands of soldiers alive. Of equal

Something else that involved the United States in the War is that Germany attacked boats with Americans on it. The U.S. had first persuaded Germany not to do this but germans then decided it was necessary for the war effort. So in 1917 they unrestricted their submare warfare (Germany Resumes Unrestricted Submarine Warfare). This lead to the U.S. joining the war in a much more aggressive way than before because instead of just trading, we were fighting now.

     As totalitarian sates emerged into power, the United States got involved with World War II to help control these groups and to promote democracy in the European theatre of the world. The party with the most power at the time was the Nazi Party, led by Adolf Hitler. This socialist party was led by a powerful dictator who broke away from the League of Nations and began to conquer vast amounts of territory at a fast rate. The United States wanted to leave foreign affairs alone in fear of another world war. The United States could not avoid the fact Hitler was taking over Europe and help was needed. The United States became fully involved in the European theatre of World War II when Hitler led his

In 1917 the United States declared war on Germany for various reasons. One of them was the fact that Germany did not allow the United States to freely roam the sea. The Germans set up U-boats all over the sea and destroyed any boat that was trying to get to England. One of the U-boats ended up blowing up the Lusitania ship, killing eleven hundred and ninety-eight individuals. The United States warned Germany multiple times to stop doing what they were doing but they did not listen. Germany thought that they could win the war if they got Mexico on their side. Arthur Zimmerman sent a telegram to Mexico saying that Germany would help them recover their lost land like Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if they would join them. Little did Germany know England intercepted the telegram and uncoded it so America and England were two steps ahead of Germany.

On August 4, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson delivered his proclamation declaring the U.S. an uninvolved neutral country in regard to WWI. The Great War, the war to end all wars was wreaking havoc all across Europe, but the American public desired to stay neutral. Reasons for neutrality included fear of losing loved ones, socialism because the war was believed to be to be a capitalist venture to protect imperialism, the rise of pacifists who believed war was wrong for any reason, and naturalized citizens afraid they would be forced to kill those from their old county on the battlefield. But by April 2, 1917 the country had chosen to enter the war for various reasons that were moral, economic and political. The U.S. was strongly justified in to enter the war for moral reasons, substantially justified economically, but weakly politically justified.

The year of 1918 spelled the end of the First World War for the Germans, even though their defeat was not apparent until late in the year. In 1917, Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare with the knowledge that it would provoke the United States into joining in the war, but they had assumed that Mexico would also join in the war as their ally. The invitation to Mexico, however, was intercepted by the United Kingdom and made public by the President of the United States. This combined with the destruction of several United States trade vessels prompted Woodrow Wilson to call for war against Germany, and Congress officially declared war on April 6, 1917. Up until the United States’ entrance into the war, it was by no means

From 1914 to 1920 a major event happened, World War I. Many Americans were not in favor of the United States entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. America followed a policy of isolationism. German submarine warfare policy of bombing passenger ships, especially the bombing the British passenger ship the Lusitania, where some American passengers died, began to change American minds of isolationism. The final straw was the Zimmerman Note, which was a secret telegram that the German foreign minister sent to Mexico requesting to form an alliance against the United States. President Wilson then asked Congress to declare war on Germany. Women took on

The U.S. was neutral for nearly four years becuase there were divided loyalties in the U.S. German Americans supported Germany, Irish Americans opposed Britian, and most other Americans supported the Allies. The U.S. as a whole did not have a particular side it wanted to be on. Also, who would want to go to war? It really didn't have anything to do with us anyway, so we stayed out of it as long as

When Germany U Boat sank an American submarine that was neutral during the time America decided to enter into the war on the side of the Allied Powers (1917) by declaring war on Germany. Thousands of soldiers (doughboys) were drafted and sent to intense training and would later be sent to Europe to fight side by side the Allied Powers. In order to gain more power germany made a truce with Russia, so that they would fight side Germany the armistice was signed and Russia also entered the war. American troops first arrived in France to help give allied forced more power to win the war. President at the time Woodrow Wilson gave his 14 point to to make peace and en the war January of 1918. Russia signs Brest-Litovsk Treaty with Germany that allowed Russia to withdraw from the war. American troop participate in their first major battle sending 4,000 troops to the Battle of Cantigny, which the allied power would later win bringing them closer to the end and victory of WW1. The Battle of Amiens allowed the allied

In both wars the United States wanted to be an isolationist. But that did not happen, in World War I, Germany returned back to submarine warfare and sank two U.S. submarines the Lusitania and the Sussex a year later. Another contributor that cause the United States to join the war was The Zimmerman Telegram. The telegram was a coded note to Mexico which states that if Mexico went to war and sided with the Central Power to defeat the United States they would give them money to restore all the land in the US that they lost. In World War II United States joined the war after the attack of Pearl Harbor which killed and injured many people along with damaging some of the ships. From WWI to WWII the tactic to get the United States was similar because the countries(axis power) need an event that would perceive the United states to join the war. Great Britain got into WWI when Germany closed Belgium's ports to the British coast(Belgium is Great Britain's ally) and when Germany used Belgium to go to France and attack them. France joined in on WWI when Germany declared war on Russia; being an ally of Russia they are obligated to help the country out when they are in time of need. In World War II, both France and Britain joined the war was because of Hitler took over the rest of Poland (Czechoslovakia) which violated the agreement of Poland becoming an independent country at the Munich conference. France and Great Britain joined both war was because of an ally to a country that was going to war or either an agreement was broken. Furthermore, Germany wanted Great Britain, France and the United States to join the war even though it was

America’s entrance into the war is attributed to many different causes. Past relationships was a major cause of the war. The United States had alliances with France, England, and Russia before conflict began in Europe. These alliances ended up dragging America into the the War. Although the U.S. tried to stay neutral and not favor the allies, the U.S. ended up having more business with the