when did the us enter WWI?

Question

what were some events that led up to american entry?

Answer 1

Primary bullet points of the major events but Wikipedia.org has a very nice summation of the events:

Sinking of the British liner 'Lusitania' by a German U-boat, which had some 100 American passengers.

The revelation of the Zimmerman Telegram, where Germany tried to get Mexico to enter the war as a German ally.

The sinking of several American merchant ships, which led President Wilson to finally ask Congress to declare war on Germany in 1917.

But it wasn't until a British transport ship carrying thousands of American troops was sunk in 1918 that the US "embraced" (if you will) the war effort.

Answer 2

Why the US finally decided to enter WW1? We actually studied that in social studies today. First of all the Germans attacked a British ship(i can't remember what it was called, sorry) because they thought it carried ammunition and it turned out that there were 128 US passengers on the boat and the next thing that really tipped them into war was the Zimmerman Note. Germany promised Mexico in the letter that if they became allies, Germany would help Mexico claim the land that they had previously owned it the United States.

Answer 3

President Woodrow Wilson desperately wanted to avoid war, having campaigned in 1916 under the slogan "He Kept Us Out of War".

At the same time, there was growing agitation from a sizable minority of people who wanted the US to enter the war on the side of the Allies. "Preparedness" was the watchword of the day. Military drill (marching, maneuvring, etc...) was a popular pastime. This came about in no small measure to the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. Many Americans were among the dead when a Germasn u-boat (submarine) torpedoed and sank the ocean liner Lusitania with no warning or chance to abandon ship.

After Wilson secured a promise from the Germans to refrain from unrestricted submarine warfare, relations got somewhat warmer for awhile. Soon thereafter, the British intercepted a telegram which was sent from Berlin to the German embassy in Mexico, instructing the ambassador to seek Mexico's entry into the war in exchange for the return of Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico when they won the war.

The Germans were losing the war and needed to do somehting quickly in order to avoid defeat, so they decided to return to unrestricted submarine warfare, betting the sucess of their u-boat campaign would be such that even if it drew the US into the war, the Americans would make it to Europe too late to be of any use to the Allied cause.

On April 4, 1917, President Wilson asked Congress for a Declaration of War against Germany in order to "make the world safe for democracy". They presented him with that declaration two days later.

Answer 4

Spring 1917

Answer 5

1917. Causes included public outcry over the sinking of passenger liner the Lusitania by German submarines (killing several American citizens) and fear over colonial expansion by non-allied powers.

Answer 6

zimmerman note in 1917 potential war with mexico
sinking of lusitana by submarines 1915
return of unlimited submaine warfare

Answer 7

1917
Apparently,US had intercepted a Wire to mexico from Germany,encouraging Mexico to attack US
That was the last excuse they needed i suppose..

Answer 8

LATE!