Why did the use entered World War 1?

Answer 1

To make the world a safer for democracy.

Answer 2

There were several reasons, two of which were the most prominent at the time.

• Sinking of the Lusitania (unrestricted submarine warfare)
• The Zimmerman Telegram
• Economic Ties to European powers
• The Russian Revolution

The most common answer, and possibly the right one, is the sinking of the British Passenger ship Lusitania, where a number of US citizens died.

In addition to the answer above: "After submarines sank seven US merchant ships and the publication of the Zimmerman Telegram, Wilson called for war on Germany, which the US Congress declared on 6 April 1917."

"The Zimmerman Telegram" was a coded telegram dispatched by the foreign secretary of the German Empire, Arthur Zimmerman. The telegram, which was forwarded to the German ambassador in Mexico, Heinrich von Eckardt, instructed him that if the United States appeared likely to enter the war he was to approach the Mexican government with a proposal for military alliance. He was to offer Mexico material aid in the reclamation of territory lost during the Mexican-American War, specifically the American states of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Eckardt was also instructed to urge Mexico to help broker an alliance between Germany and Japan.

The Zimmerman Telegram was intercepted and decoded by British cryptographers. The revelation of its contents in the American press on March 1st caused public outrage that contributed to the United States' declaration of war against Germany and its allies on April 6.

Not just the Lusitania

The passenger ship referred to above, the RMS Lusitania, was sunk in May 1915, and the US went to war against Germany in April 1917. In other words, about 23 months passed between the two. The sinking of the Lusitania helped to turn American opinion against Germany, but it is certainly not the only reason for US involvement. It is far too remote. Most historians agree that it was not a single influence that provoked the US to declare war; rather, it was a confluence of many factors.

• Unrestricted submarine warfare: the Germans sunk the Lusitania which was carrying innocent civilians (along with supplies and weapons for Great Britain)

• The Zimmerman note: an encoded telegram sent from Germany to Mexico. The message said that Germany would aid Mexico in retaking the land lost to the united states if they became allies with Germany. The British intercepted the telegram translated it and handed it over to the united states government. Fortunately the British intercepted the message and cracked the code in time to warn us.

• Economic issues: the US had invested over $2.6 billion in the war. If the allied powers lost, we weren't ever going to get that money back.

• Russian revolution: the Russians withdrew from the war because they were having a revolution in their own country. They also signed a peace treaty with Germany. This prompted concerns about the progress of the war, and allowed the US to make it a "war for democracy."

1 Economic Reason By April 1917, the US had loaned more than $2 billion to the Allies. This gave the US a tremendous stake in the war; if the Allied Powers had lost, the US might never have recovered its loans from Britain and France.

- Anxious to reduce the flow of war materials to the Allies, Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare against ships, including US ships, carrying material to Britain and France.

- Attempting to divert the US from concern with the war in Europe, the German foreign minister sent the so-called Zimmerman Telegram, an offer to support Mexico in a war to regain territory lost to the US.

it was a telegram from Arthur Zimmermann to the German ambassador in Mexico.

The declaration of war on Germany in 1917 was mostly influenced by German naval policy, although American economic interest and Woodrow Wilson's idealism did portray a part.

On February 1915, Germans created a submarine blockade in the British Empire's Ocean's, sinking several belligerent ships, which included the Lusitania. The United States then threatened the German Government causing them to back down. Later in February of 1917, Germany then declared unrestricted submarine warfare threatening the ideals of neutrality, commerce and security. The German U-Boats wanted to sink supply ships in order to starve the Britain islands of their goods. The German's naval policy was the major reason why the United States declared war on Germany. The sinking of the Lusitania was the biggest influence of American in WWI. It was so much of an influence that it was said without the sinking of the Lusitania, the United States most likely would not of entered the war.

Another reason for the entrance in the war was the American economic interest. Although it did influence the entrance of the United States in the war, it did not have such an impact that the German naval policy displayed. The United States had big economic investments with countries that were involved in the war such as Britain and France. If the United States would of lost these investments, they would not of been able to pay the debt back of two million dollars. If Allies would not of been able to pay back loans made by American bankers, the United State's economy could of collapses. France and England were financing their war with American loans and buying mass amounts of firearms from the United States on credit. The United States wanted to make sure they got paid back. America then made sure that the Allies won in order to prevent the collapses of their economy, even if it mean entering the war themselves.

Woodrow Wilson's ideals also played a role of America's decision to declare war on Germany. Wilson wanted to make the world safe for democracy and addressed this through his War Address to Congress.

From Germany sinking the Lusitania, American's grew hatred towards Germany, hence giving Wilson the motivation to declare war on Germany.

Although the German naval policy was the most influence on the war, it was not the only part. America also joined the war efforts in order to fight for the freedom against Germany.

The United States may have let the Lusitania go down in history without a fight, but a moral sense had developed in Britain and France giving the United States motivation to declare war on Germany.

The German naval policy, American economic interest and Woodrow Wilson's idealism may have all caused the United States to declare war on Germany, but the major reason as to why war was declared onto Germany was the German naval policy. Without the dominance of German's in the British Isles trying to prevent goods from entering and the sinking of the Lusitania, the United States could not help but fight in the war efforts with all of the motivation created from the hatred towards the Germans.

The sinking of the Lusitania, which killed 128 Americans, the Zimmerman Telegram and the simple fact that if the Allies lost, they couldn't pay America back.

the zimerman telegram when the Soviet Union asked Mexico to join the war, in return russia would help Mexico steal a couple of south western states back from U.S and then the lustatania ship sunk becaese of geman torpetos, about 30,000 U.S civilians we,re killed.

Answer 3

Three reasons.

1. The Germans sunk the British cruise liner Lusitania. 128 of the dead were American citizens.

2. The Germans sent a telegram to Mexico to offer aid for an invasion of Texas. The British intercepted it and sent it to the US government.

3. If the Allies lost, they wouldn't be able to pay America back the money they borrowed.