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The US didn't want to get involved in WW1, because many of it's citizens are from Germany, because it was a reasonably new Country, however, the sinking of the Luisitania, which killed 250 American citizens by the German U-boats (submarines) angerer America, then, Germany sent a telegram to Mexico, telling them to take Texas back and fight America if the US opposes Germany, this gave America an excuse to attack Germany.
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JordanThe US didn't want to get involved in WW1, because many of it's citizens are from Germany, because it was a reasonably new Country, however, the sinking of the Luisitania, which killed 250 American citizens by the German U-boats (submarines) angerer America, then, Germany sent a telegram to Mexico, telling them to take Texas back and fight America if the US opposes Germany, this gave America an excuse to attack Germany.
The US didn't want to get involved in WW1, because many of it's citizens are from Germany, because it was a reasonably new Country, however, the sinking of the Luisitania, which killed 250 American citizens by the German U-boats (submarines) angerer America, then, Germany sent a telegram to Mexico, telling them to take Texas back and fight America if the US opposes Germany, this gave America an excuse to attack Germany.
The US didn't want to get involved in WW1, because many of it's citizens are from Germany, because it was a reasonably new Country, however, the sinking of the Luisitania, which killed 250 American citizens by the German U-boats (submarines) angerer America, then, Germany sent a telegram to Mexico, telling them to take Texas back and fight America if the US opposes Germany, this gave America an excuse to attack Germany.
Because of Propaganda by FDR to tilt public opinion, which was about 50/50 between neutral & allied.
Actually, WWI was before FDR's time.... it was mostly just a very successful propaganda campaign by the British. It's been said that the Germans had to live down this propaganda in WWI, but in WWII; they lived up to it.
Germans sank ships carrying Americans
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What caused U. S. opinion to be against Germany?
The imperial ambitions of Germany worried those with trading ties to Europe, and Germany had targeted the shipping of neutral nations such as the US.
Us fought agAINST what counties in world war 2?
Us fought against Italy, Germany and Japan.
1 What country did the US Declares War against on April 6 1917?
Germany
How did the public opinion of the US contribute to the US's failiure in the Vietnam war?
The "public" was being drafted into military service; which influenced public opinion, which in turn influenced the protests and riots against the war.
What was most influential in turning American public opinion against Germany?
Before WW I, American public opinion turned against Germany following persistent attacks by submarines on merchant shipping. The most notorious sinking was that of the passenger steamer RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915 when 1198 out of 1959 passengers and crew were killed. The RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, and was was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. In the case of WW II, the surprise attack of Pearl Harbor turned us against Japan which prompted her ally Germany to declare war on us.
