Why did the United States join the war of World War 1?

Answer 1

They first did not want to take any part into it. Then many parts of Europe were sailing across the Ocean because they wanted to trade with us. We did not want to. They started shooting at us, and that's when we started to take part in it.

Answer 2

Answer

There were two main reasons for the US joining WWI.

The sinking of the Lusitania cruise ship by a German submarine and the Zimmermann note.

The Lusitania was a passenger ship that a German torpedo hit and sunk, killing about 100 US passengers.

The Zimmermann note was supposedly intercepted by the British that came from Germany to be sent to Mexico. The telegraph read that Mexico "could reclaim Texas if Mexico helped the Central Powers to defeat the US." Later, the note was argued to be phony when (after the war) British authorities failed to produce the actual telegraph but it did inflame anti German feelings in the USA and helped the president decide to declare war.

Answer 3

German submarine came along the east coast providing a final straw to the American

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The U.S. joined the war for a few reasons. The Zimmerman Telegram, which was a message from Germany to Mexico to attack the U.S., The sinking of the Lusitania, which killed 128 American citizens (happend because Germany warned that if any ships passed through the Atlantic, they will blow it up--U.S. ignored it and went on with it, resutling in the sinking), German Propaganda in the U.S. (many movies and posters were made showing the Germans as being beasts and cruel people), etc. The U.S. tried to keep a policy of Neutrality and Isolationism, but it obviously didn't work.

Answer 4

The Unites States entered World War I because German submarines sank several US merchant ships