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WWI

Triggered by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in 1914, World War I erupted into one of the greatest wars in history. As the main powers of Europe continued to rage in battle over various conflicts, the United States would fight to remain neutral. Although President Woodrow Wilson attempted to mediate between the warring nations, relations with Germany would become more and more tense, eventually leading to the United States’ entry into the Great War. The intercepted Zimmerman note as well as Russia’s sudden withdrawal also persuaded such a decision. As the war began to near to it’s end, the President presented Congress with his peace plan which contained the provisions he believed the nation was fighting for, many of which he had stressed even before the US entered the war. Though American battle efforts proved to be successful, the US objectives were attained only to somewhat of an extent. Although armed with such strong beliefs, Wilson was sadly faced with the

The Great War raged from 1914-1918. Although many Americans saw US involvement in 1917 as just a waste of time, Wilson was still able to succeed on moral grounds, yet just not materialistically. When the war ended many Americans saw a Europe that had changed little. Men had died and sacrifices were made. America had walked into the ring of international diplomacy and affairs and hadn’t received much through all it’s efforts. The result was a disappointment with world affairs.

The United States looked to discredit old diplomacy such as balance of power, secret diplomacy and trade barriers. Wilson hoped to replace all of that with collective security, popular control of foreign policy disarmament, free trade and a community of nations by progressive democracy. However, the Allies did not completely agree with all of Wilson’s provisions. Nonetheless, they did agree to free trade, open diplomacy, reduced arms and the League of Nations, each of which Wilson gladly accepted. <

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