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Why did US join ww1 so late?

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The Americans considered the First World War to be a European problem and they had a strong sense of 'Isolationist' feelings . It wasn't until the sinking of the RMS Lusitania did Americans become outraged at the war . However, there was a 1.5 year delay until they mobilized

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