How Did America Join World War One?

Many people love their country and although many may not agree with everything their country does, most have a deep pride in and will support their homeland no matter what. This is no different for World War 1 era citizens around the world. Without nationalism the Great War would not have been as intense and wide scale as it turned out to be. In the beginning of the first world war, many people wanted to fight to protect and serve their country and what their country believed in. For example, Austrian-Hungarian people were outraged at the crime the Serbian Black Hand terrorist committed against their Archduke Franz Ferdinand. They wanted revenge because they feel as if a great act of disrespect had been handed to their country by the Serbian people. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and since Germany was allied with them, they join the …show more content…
After years in trenches with little movement, the soldiers on both the Central and Allied Powers were not only tired of war, but hopeless it would ever end. One on the only things bringing new soldiers to the battlefield were citizens’ sense of nationalism. Many propaganda posters tapped into young men’s inner pride for their country and enticed them to join the war and fight. In April of 1917 America would join the war and with them a new sense of high morales washed over the soldiers fighting for the Allies. American soldiers joined the war for many reasons. Some wanted revenge for the innocent Americans killed in the Lusitania. Some were outraged at the infamous Zimmerman Note from Germany to Mexico promising U.S land to them if they were to declare war on the U.S. Some Americans even join the war just because Uncle Sam stuck his boney finger in their face and called upon them to represent their great country. Whatever reason it may be, men and women alike wanted to do their part to help their