World War I was a senseless war, a conflict between two countries that spun out of control because of the systems of alliances. The United States should not have gotten involved in the war. The primary reason for the United States’ entrance into the war was the American citizens that were caught in Germany’s crossfire, but involvement in the war sacrificed far more American lives than those American citizens that died aboard ocean liners. A peace treaty created damaging problems in the Middle East and indirectly led to World War II with the War Guilt Clause. World War I was not a moral cause, it was a war that sent soldiers to their deaths to avenge the deaths of Americans that died in the sea, and it led to ethnic and religious conflicts in
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Woodrow Wilson could have dealt without both issues without a declaration of war. The unrestricted submarine warfare was against the perceived enemies of Germany, so the solution was informing America citizens that it was their own risk to travel on passenger ocean liners. This was proposed in the Gore-McLemore Resolution, which was not supported by Wilson. The deaths from unrestricted warfare were nothing considering the amount of Americans died as a result of World War I. An estimated 116,516 Americans killed, and 323,018 casualties (U.S. Department of Justice).With little to no investigation into the Zimmerman Telegram, Germany’s promise to return land to Mexico, the United States would understand that the threat was wishful thinking. Mexico was not strong enough to wage war against the United States, and Germany would have been unable to comply with promises made. Also, the Zimmerman Telegram threatened American only in the case of a declaration of war; America had nothing to be afraid of, if they were not a competitor in the Great War. Simple preventative steps could have been made by the United States government to stop the declaration of war from being issued, without the declaration many soldiers would not have sacrificed their lives for a war, that in the end solved
Woodrow Wilson could have dealt without both issues without a declaration of war. The unrestricted submarine warfare was against the perceived enemies of Germany, so the solution was informing America citizens that it was their own risk to travel on passenger ocean liners. This was proposed in the Gore-McLemore Resolution, which was not supported by Wilson. The deaths from unrestricted warfare were nothing considering the amount of Americans died as a result of World War I. An estimated 116,516 Americans killed, and 323,018 casualties (U.S. Department of Justice).With little to no investigation into the Zimmerman Telegram, Germany’s promise to return land to Mexico, the United States would understand that the threat was wishful thinking. Mexico was not strong enough to wage war against the United States, and Germany would have been unable to comply with promises made. Also, the Zimmerman Telegram threatened American only in the case of a declaration of war; America had nothing to be afraid of, if they were not a competitor in the Great War. Simple preventative steps could have been made by the United States government to stop the declaration of war from being issued, without the declaration many soldiers would not have sacrificed their lives for a war, that in the end solved