World War I was known as the European war but soon, countries beyond Europe's border became involved in the upheaval. ... The Germans believed that by asking Mexico to declare war on America this would keep America busy so that they would not be able to enter the war in Europe. ... America declared war on Germany in April 1917, two days after the U.S. senate voted 82 to 6 to do so, and the U.S. house of representatives endorsed this decision and voted 373 to 50 in favor so America entered World War I officially. When America entered the war it immediately joined its allies Britain, France...

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Over the years it has been a debated issue on whether the United States could have entered the war sooner and thus have saved many lives. ... The US did not enter the war until they were truly directly affected by the war. ... Like any war when you are not the aggressor, but the defender, to enter the war you have to be provoked. ... All the US needed to enter the war was an attack directly on America soil. ... Fortunately entering the war brought the US out of the Depression. ...

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There are many justifiable, and economical reasons why our nation entered the first Great War. It was considered the first Great War because it was fought between two great powers, which are the Allies and the Central. On April 2, 1917, the United States entered the tournament of world power. The US should've joined the war to pay back Germany for the attacks against the Americans. ... Due primarily to submarine warfare and the Zimmerman telegram, President Wilson asked Congress for permission to go to war, and on April 6, 1917, congress officially declared the war. ...

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The American decision to go to war with England but not France is further evidence that honor and patriotism were the guiding reasons behind entering the war. It would have foolish to enter a war with the whole of Europe, which engaging both countries would surely do, but there were ample grievances against both (Coles). ... Evidence that patriotism and honor were major causations of the war can be found in the fact that we did go to war. ... Honor compelled the decision to enter. ... What compelled the War of 1812? ...

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One century earlier, America entered World War I for humanitarian reasons. The causes and consequences of World War I are related to those of the Iraq War because each war was entered due to humanitarian reasons, both were entered in retaliation to attacks on American assets and both ended in America providing a safe and democratic environment for people to reestablish themselves in. ... In 1917, the United States entered into war with Germany and its allies. ... " Each war was entered because of humanitarian reasons. ... Soon following the Zimmerman note, America officially entered the...

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But it was inevitable that the United States would eventually enter the war. Should the United States enter World War I? ... President Woodrow Wilson had a huge decision to make: stay neutral or enter the war? ... I believe that the United States had the right intentions to enter World War I. ... The bank loans were another reason for the United States to enter World War I. ...

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Then, in his second term, Wilson read to Congress a message stating to enter the war to make the "world safe for democracy" and Congress declared war on April 6, 1917. ... The Senate strongly objected to the United States entering the League of Nations. ... The United States entered each war for two totally different reasons. The United States entered into World War I because Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare was a violation of international law and because they didn't like the acts of German sabotage in the United States and the use of poison gas warfare. The United States...

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In 1917, after 3 years of neutrality, United States declared war on Imperial Germany and thereby entered World War I for several reasons. ... Three, Russian withdrawal from war with the Bolshevik overthrow of its government dramatically increased the chances of German victory in Europe. ... In one month prior to the declaration of war, German submarines sank nearly 900,000 tons of American ships. ... Third, a few months before the declaration of war on Germany, a dramatic event took place. ... In conclusion, the United States entered World War I to ensure that it does not have to protect ...

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But why did this war have to happen? ... The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was to allow Missouri enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state. ... The Compromise of 1850 allowed Texas to enter as a slave state and California enter as a free state. ... These items were the American/Mexican war which added new territory (1846-1848), the Compromise where Texas enters as a slave state and California enters as a free state, the Kansas/Nebraska Act of 1854, the Dread Scott Decision in 1857 which brought out that slaves have no rights, the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 by John Brown, the electio...

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The Vietnam War, the nations longest war, cost fifty-eight thousand American lives. Only the Civil War and the two World Wars were deadlier ("Vietnam War-). ... How did the war start? ... Truman was the first president to enter the war, and if you want to blame the entering of U.S. troops in Vietnam on him, go right ahead. ... The Vietnam War was one of the best wars lost. ...

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Did you know, America's bloodiest battle fought on American soil, was the Civil War? The Civil War was fought between the northern states and the southern states. Many causes provoked the war, which would affect the nation for decades to come. ... In May of 1856, Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina entered the nearly empty senate chamber and beat Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner with a cane. ... Brown's attack was one of the final causes that sparked the Civil War. ...

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World War One, otherwise known as the "Great War- lasted from 1914 to 1918. There are many opinions as to what started the war, but I believe it was not just one event, but a chain of events that started the war. ... United States President Woodrow Wilson declared a U.S. policy of absolute neutrality on the same day Britain declared war, August 4th, an official stance that would last until 1917 when Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare - which seriously threatened America's commercial shipping - forced the U.S. to finally enter the war on April 6th, 1917. ... Two days...

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Why Did the United States Enter World War I? ... The United States entered World War I with the Allies due to economic, social, and political conflicts. Economically, the United States "entered" the war by the increase of exports to Great Britain and France. ... Politically, the United States "entered" the war because of unrestricted submarine warfare from Germany that affected exports to Britain. ... The United States entered World War I due to economic, political, and social contributes. ...

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The Korean War is a war that many people will never forget. ... The conflict was so strong that wars were fought in the midst of this cold war. ... The Korean and Vietnam wars were the next two wars in American History. ... When China entered the Korean War, the United States had much control over the land around the Yalu River. ... When China entered the war, Mao ZeDong had made several attempts to solve the matter peacefully and had told them not to send soldiers across the thirty-eight parallel that is what escalated the war. ...

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I"m against any war, and Vietnam War is no exception. ... There is always more that one point of view, and after I did some reading about Vietnam War, I became aware that there was some significant reason and very important reason which advocate why US entered this war. ... (Dodd 812) United States entered the war to oppose spread of communism in one of the key region of the world United States had to fight communism everywhere it can to protect it influence and maintain existing order. ... Stone in his "A Reply to the "White Paper", successfully criticizes US official report known as ...

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Or is their any such thing as a just war? ... The consequences of the war must be better than the situation that would exist had the war not taken place. ... What the events were leading up to the war, what Americans involvement in the war was, and what effect the war had on both peoples. ... The US gradually withdrew troops in the 70s, and ended operations in 1975, officially with the war being a stalemate, but evacuating personnel from Saigon as North Vietnamese troops were entering the city. ... The second war that I will be exploring is the Gulf War. ...

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The two finalists in the competition are from bracket II, the "Civil War", and from bracket III, "World War I". Despite the significant implications of World War I and the fact that the Civil War occurred over one hundred years ago, the Civil War remains as the most important event in American history. Unlike the Civil War, World War I was not fought on U.S. ... Congress followed by the United States' refusal to participate in the League of Nations, the U.S. entered a period of isolationism. ... World War I had a significant impact on the economy. ...

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To give a greater understanding about the Cold War, this essay will gives a contrast of the Cold War and the post Cold War Worlds. It will provide some of the causes of the Cold War, the events in the early period and post Cold War, and lastly a contrast of the Cold War and the Post Cold War Worlds. ... In return, the Soviet agreed to enter the war against Japan after the war in Europe ended. ... One of the major early events on the Cold War was the Korean War in the 1950. ... During the 60s, there was an extension of the cold war, which is the Vietnam War. ...

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To give a greater understanding about the Cold War, this essay will gives a contrast of the Cold War and the post Cold War Worlds. It will provide some of the causes of the Cold War, the events in the early period and post Cold War, and lastly a contrast of the Cold War and the Post Cold War Worlds. ... In return, the Soviet agreed to enter the war against Japan after the war in Europe ended. ... One of the major early events on the Cold War was the Korean War in the 1950. ... During the 60s, there was an extension of the cold war, which is the Vietnam War. ...

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The Vietnam War was the longest war in which the United States took part. The war began in 1957 and ended in 1975. ... After the Second World War France attempted to re-establish control over Vietnam. ... Communists saw the Vietnam War as an extension of their struggle with France, as another attempt by a foreign power to rule Vietnam, and as a war of national liberation. ... troops entered Vietnam in March 1965. ...

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War is a useless, last resort effort that has caused such disasters as World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam. ... The war that started international unrest over world politics would be World War II. ... World War II had ended. ... A major war, although not nearly as large as World War II, in American history that could have been avoided and/or lessened is the Korean War. ... The United States entered under the sanction of the UN and sent a fleet to prevent China from taking over Formosa (Taiwan) while busy with the situation in Korea. ...

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This problem that arose both during and after the Civil War, was whether or not the American Civil War was actually a civil war. ... Some people argue that the Civil War, fought between 1861 and 1865, was not an actual civil war at all. Nevertheless, the American Civil War was rightfully named, and was indeed a civil war. The Civil War was in fact a civil war for multiple reasons. ... In Article 1 Section 10 of the Constitution, it states that, "No state shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation. ...

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America also limited the production of war machinery to try to reduce the war among the states. ... It is where the war began, and America wanted to avoid this war. ... Next is the entrance of United States into World War II; America entered the war due to various reasons. ... America also entered the war to stop fascism and prove to them that democracy was still superior to their form of leadership, America however, imprisoned those were against the war by that time. ... Effects of Cold War The cold war had several effects on human beings and the earth as a whole. ...

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