6.2

=Jacob M= America’s involvement in WWI significantly helped the allies in the war, and eventually led to victory. Though at the start of the war, the US had many reasons to stay neutral in the war, though they didn’t keep their neutrality. Their eventual entry into the war made the difference in the war. The US’ role in shaping the war was enough to make the allies go from defeat, to certain victory. So America started neutral, entered the war later, and made the allies win basically. America stayed neutral in the Great War because of reasons that were more important than fighting in someone else’s war. Woodrow Wilson sought to keep us out of was, saying that conflict didn’t need to be solved through war. Also America was neutral because there was many races and ethnic groups that sided with either side, so going to war would cause lots of turmoil in the nation. Plus it wasn’t our war! We didn’t need to fight in a war that didn’t concern us, there was no reason to go into a war that didn’t concern us. Even though America stayed neutral at the start of the Great war, they eventually joined the war. The US joined WW1 eventually after a few key events pushed them into the conflict. First the German’s U-boats sunk a British passenger liner the Lusitania, because it was “carrying a load of ammunition to England.” They continued these attacks, which made America start to rethink their neutrality. Also Wilson wanted to make the world safe for democracy, so they could solve that war and make sure it didn’t happen again. Plus the British intercepted a telegram called the Zimmerman Telegram, it said that if Mexico joined Germany, they would help them get back their lost territory New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, so that also made Americans think twice about neutrality. Through the Germans actions and Wilson’s need for democracy, America joined the first world war, and turned the tides away from the Central Powers to the Allies. America joining the Allies was the turning point for the war, turning the Allies from losing miserably, to winning! When the US joined they started to use the convoy system to protect their shipments of supplies to Europe, which made the casualties of ships decrease greatly and help the Allies get more supplies, helping them greatly. Also they added a large amount of reinforcements to the Allies, which made the difference in the fighting in many conflicts. Along with giving more troops, American involvement made Allies morale skyrocket, making everyone feel ready to fight and ready to take out the Central powers! US involvement in the WW1 was the great turning point in the war, helping propel the Allies to victory. So the US involvement in the Great War was the turning point and the solution to the war, ending the war and taking out the Central Powers. Even though at the start of the war, the Americans were neutral, they eventually joined, and made the difference in the war. Without the American involvement in the war, the conflict could have gone on longer, and possibly ended in the Central Powers winning. What would have happened if the Central Powers had won the war?

=Mitchell H= [|6.2 assessment Mitch H..pdf]