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   Jul 30, 2024 · 1) Germany propsed Mexico attack the US in return for US land. 2) Promised Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico (all once belogning to Mexico. 3) Hoped war with Mexico would keep US out of war in Europe. 4) Intercepted by British intelligence and leaks to the American press. Call for War.

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   6 days ago · The Japanese lost zero surface ships, 29 planes, and 65 servicemen were killed or wounded. Place the events in chronological order. 1- A Japanese pilot bombs and sinks a U.S. gunboat, Panay, on the Yangtze River. 2-The United States places an embargo on the shipping of aviation fuel, scrap iron, and steel to Japan.

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   Oct 10, 2024 · World War I - US Entry, Causes, Impact: The U.S. declared war on Germany after U-boats sank three U.S. merchant ships. The March Russian Revolution led to the end of imperial Russia, and the October Revolution of the Bolsheviks ended Russia's role in the war when they signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

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   • The Lusitania
   • The German Invasion of Belgium
   • American Loans
   • The Reintroduction of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
   • The Zimmerman Telegram

   In early 1915, Germany introduced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic. This meant U-Boats were hunting and sinking merchant shipping without warning. The RMS Lusitania left New York on 1st May, 1915, bound for Liverpool. On 7thMay it was spotted off the coast of Ireland by U-20 and torpedoed. Of 1,962 passengers, 1,198 lost t...

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   Following Germany’s invasion of neutral Belgium in 1914, stories began to circulate about atrocities committed against Belgian civilians. These stories, both true and exaggerated, were seized upon for propaganda. So-called “atrocity propaganda” spread far and wide, painting the Germans as a barbaric nation bent on ruthless, indiscriminate destructi...

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   The US had a vested financial interest in the outcome of the war in Europe. American businesses and banks made huge loans to the Allies. If they didn’t win then they were unlikely to get their money back.

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   Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917. Knowing they risked provoking the United States into joining the war, Germany gambled on defeating the British before the US had a chance to mobilise. During February and March, several US cargo vessels were sunk without warning, resulting in the United States severing diplomatic ties with Ber...

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   In January 1917, the German diplomatic representative in Mexico received a secret telegram penned by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann. It proposed a secret alliance between Germany and Mexico, should the United States enter the war. If the Central Powers were to win, Mexico would be free to annex territory in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona...

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   Feb 14, 2023 · What is the United States’ place in the world today? Since World War II, the United States has typically played an active leadership role in global institutions. Washington has cultivated close...

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   Why did the United States join World War 1?

   • These are 5 reasons why the United States joined World War One. 1. The Lusitania In early 1915, Germany introduced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic. This meant U-Boats were hunting and sinking merchant shipping without warning. The RMS Lusitania left New York on 1 st May, 1915, bound for Liverpool.

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   How did the United States become a global power?

   • Learn how domestic expansion and three wars—the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II—transformed the United States’ standing in the world. Marines raise the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945.

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   Why was the American economic contribution decisive in WW1?

   • In this sense, the American economic contribution alone was decisive. By April 1, 1917, the Allies had exhausted their means of paying for essential supplies from the United States, and it is difficult to see how they could have maintained the war effort if the United States had remained neutral.

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   When did the United States join WW1?

   • The United States joined World War One in April 1917. However, just under 3 years earlier, in August, 1914 the United States declared its neutrality in the war then engulfing Europe. President Woodrow Wilson, reflecting the views of much of the nation, announced that his country would be “impartial in thought as well as in action”.

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   Why was the entry of the United States a turning point?

   • The entry of the United States was the turning point of the war, because it made the eventual defeat of Germany possible. It had been foreseen in 1916 that if the United States went to war, the Allies’ military effort against Germany would be upheld by U.S. supplies and by enormous extensions of credit.

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   How much money did America lend to the Allies during WW1?

   • American loans to the Allies worth $7,000,000,000 between 1917 and the end of the war maintained the flow of U.S. arms and food across the Atlantic. World War I: U.S. Army recruits U.S. Army recruits at Camp Pike, Arkansas, in 1918, following the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917.

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   4 days ago · Vietnam War - US Involvement, Conflict, Outcome: The United States began a campaign of sustained air strikes against the North that were code-named Rolling Thunder. Search Britannica Click here to search