https://padlet.com/ella_villacreses/worldwar1inreview_ss2018 Based off of the Call to Freedom textbook and my research, the United States entered World War I because "The world needed to be made safe for democracy" (President Woodrow Wilson, 1917) en-us 2018-09-28 18:50:14 UTC 2025-12-18 03:30:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Send.png ella_villacreses https://padlet.com/ella_villacreses/worldwar1inreview_ss2018/wish/288826122 2018-10-03 18:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ella_villacreses/worldwar1inreview_ss2018/wish/288826122 ella_villacreses https://padlet.com/ella_villacreses/worldwar1inreview_ss2018/wish/288835510 2018-10-03 18:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ella_villacreses/worldwar1inreview_ss2018/wish/288835510 ella_villacreses https://padlet.com/ella_villacreses/worldwar1inreview_ss2018/wish/289197230 President Woodrow Wilson said in a speech he made before Congress on August 19th, 1914 "The United States must be neutral in fact, as well as in name, during these days that are to try men’s souls. We must be impartial in thought as in action”. (Reading Like A Historian) This shows that the President was trying to remain neutral, but later evidence shows that he eventually just entered the war.]]> 2018-10-04 15:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ella_villacreses/worldwar1inreview_ss2018/wish/289197230 ella_villacreses https://padlet.com/ella_villacreses/worldwar1inreview_ss2018/wish/290939499 President Woodrow Wilson stated that the sinking of the British ship the Lusitania was "a violation not only of international law but of the fundamental decencies of civilization” (Call To Freedom textbook pg. 332) This shows that he had motive to enter the war.]]> 2018-10-09 18:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ella_villacreses/worldwar1inreview_ss2018/wish/290939499 ella_villacreses https://padlet.com/ella_villacreses/worldwar1inreview_ss2018/wish/290942224 Authors Linda Salvucci and Sterling Stuckey state “He [Arthur Zimmermann] told the German minister in Mexico that Germany would help Mexico “reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona”. The telegram, known as the Zimmermann Note, outraged the American public (Call To Freedom textbook, pg. 333) This explains why the American public was not exactly opposed to the idea of war.

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