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Washington, D.C.

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True there were affinities with their ancestral homelands, but American nationalism was fervent as that of any European country. The basis for that nationalism was not ethnicity, but rather a shared belief in principles, democracy, the rule of law, and individual rights. The idea that a new nation could establish a national ethos on such principles was questioned by many Europeans. Ironically, the British worked mightily to being the country that they doubted to enter the war. And America whose largest immigrant was the Germans, played key role in destroying the Germany Empire and preventing Germany hegemony in Europe. And American nationalism through President Wilson's promotion of national self-determination resulted in the reshaping of Europe into ethnically and linguistically based nation states.

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48 stars field was the current flag at the time of War

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48 stars field was the current flag at the time of War

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There were only 48 states at the time of the war therefore the flag only had 48 stars and not 50 like today.

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The Paris Peace Conference/ The Big Four

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The Paris Peace Conference/ The Big Four

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The Big Four, also known as the Council of Four, consisted of Woodrow Wilson of the United States, David Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, and Georges Clemenceau of France who dominated decision making at the Paris Peace Conference.  Other delegates from these countries, and emissaries from nations affiliated with the Allies, held peripheral roles, while representatives from the Central Powers had little say in the shaping of the peace.

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Women have long been involved in the military during times of war, though not always in a capacity that we might recognize as “traditionally” military.  For centuries women have followed armies, many of them soldiers’ wives, providing indispensable services such as cooking, nursing, and laundry—in fact, “armies could not have functioned as well, perhaps could not have functioned at all, without the service of women.” ¹

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When the dust cleared, Johnson had inflicted at least a dozen casualties on the Germans and suffered 21 wounds from gunfire and bayonets. Both he and Roberts were later given the Croix de Guerre—one of France’s highest military honors—but Johnson’s heroic stand went unrewarded in the United States until 1996, when he was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. He later received the Distinguished Service Cross in 2003.

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Renegade pilot Frank Luke was America’s greatest “balloon buster,” the nickname assigned to the brash aviators who attacked German observation balloons used to sight artillery. He scored his first kill on September 12, and by September 28 he had claimed 15 victories, including one day in which he shot down two balloons and three enemy planes.

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He was 28th President of the US serving from 1913 to 1921. He is best remembered for his role in the First World War – keeping the US out of the war, until reluctantly entering in 1917. At the end of the war, Woodrow Wilson formulated his 14 points, which sought to create an international League of Nations and institute principles of self-determination and justice as the basis for the armistice. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919.

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The use of posters as propaganda took off during World War I, and some of the most iconic images from this era are still in use today.  For example, the image of Uncle Sam pointing at viewers and saying, "I WANT YOU," created by James Montgomery Flagg, dates from 1916 and was subsequently used throughout the rest of World War I, re-purposed for World War II.

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Americans celebrate Veterans Day, also on Nov. 11, to show appreciation for all living military officials who service their country. In the U.S. people wear the red poppy on Memorial Day, the last Monday of May to honor those who died trying to protect the country,

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The United States never ratified the Treaty of Versailles, nor did it join the League of Nations. In 1921 Congress approved resolutions formally ending hostilities with Germany and the Austria-Hungarian government.

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1. Removal of economic barriers.
The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
2. Association of nations.
A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
3. Restoration of French territory.
All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years, should be righted, in order that peace may once more be made secure in the interest of all.

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In a Declaration of Neutrality to Congress shortly after the start of the First World War, The President Woodrow Wilson warned that if the nation’s ethnic minorities became active partisans of their countries of origin, the consequences would, “be fatal to our peace of mind and might seriously stand in the way of the proper performance of our duty as the one great nation of peace.”
The nation of immigrants divided along ethnic and national lines as soon as war was declared in Europe.

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The climactic political battle in the United States during World War I involved President Wilson’s battle to attain Senate ratification of the Versailles treaty. The controversy over the treaty was highly partisan, with all but one Republican opposed to unreserved ratification. Sixteen senators opposed the treaty completely. Some of these “irreconcilables,” saw the terms of the treaty imposed upon Germany as an expression of Allied imperialism and the league of nations as a victor’s alliance designed to protect the spoils of conquest. Others, including some irreconcilables, had little trouble with the peace terms for Germany but objected to the League of Nations.

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Political isolation, however appropriate during the 19th century, no longer served the national interest, and the country was pulled into foreign entanglements unthinkable just a few years earlier. During the period of American neutrality (1914-1917), attitudes toward international affairs born in the wake of the Spanish-American War blossomed. As its global interests expanded, United States found itself in conflict with another rising power—Germany.

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The U.S. borders both the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans and is bordered by Canada and Mexico. It is the third largest country in the world by area. The eastern regions consist of hills and low mountains while the central interior is a vast plain and the west has high rugged mountain ranges (some of which are volcanic in the Pacific Northwest).

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In 1914 there were 99,111,000 people, and after WW1 there were 103,208,000 people. The population actually went up instead of down

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Now, up until the U.S. declared war on April 6th, 1917, the U.S. had desperately tried to stay neutral, but ties to Britain, propaganda, the sinking of ships by German U-boats, and a German attempt in the Zimmermann Note to get Mexico to declare war on the U.S. pushed the U.S. to getting involved.
The effects of WW1 on America were wide-ranging covering the political, economic and social impact the Great War had on the United States. The Allies included Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. These countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. American Battles in WW1 Fact 5: Aisne-Marne Campaign (27 May - 5 June 1918) and the Battle of Chateau-Thierry on Jun 3, 1918. The Americans attacked the Germans at Chateau-Thierry, a battle that extended into the larger Battle of Belleau Wood.  116,516 deaths and approximately 320,000 sick and wounded of the 4.7 million men who served.