To What Extent Did America's Decision To Declare War In 1917

America’s decision to declare war on Germany in 1917 was not just decided by one factor. One of the factors was the German naval policy. Unrestricted submarine warfare had a major impact on war. This was announced by Germany on January 9th, 1917. Unrestricted submarine warfare was the practice of of using a submarine in the attack of any type of enemy shipping. The German government wanted to stop most of the shipping that came from Britain, and to do so they would of had to do it by what they called U-boats. President Woodrow Wilson went before the Senate on April 2, 1917, to ask for a declaration of war on Germany. Two days later on the date of April 4, 1917, the House declined to make declaration on Germany. On December 7, 1917 , the United States declared war on the German ally of Austria-Hungary. Germany violated America’s request to stop the unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Other things that would have brought America into World War I would have been allied propaganda. Propaganda was starting to be used for many things in the years leading up to World War I. Things like to buy a certain product or to even vote a certain way at the polls. Propaganda for war was different, most of it tried to make the other country …show more content…
She started making her way to the world stage after many years of just trying to sit back and try not to get involved in to too many things like international affairs. Many things changed when Imperialists started to peek their heads into the nations leadership. America started to march her way up onto the world stage slowly but surely. A real noticeable time in America 's triumph to be a world power, was when they won over the rights to Cuba from a lowering world power, Spain. The Spanish-American war was really just a way that America could show the rest of the world that they were more powerful than recently believed to