Should The US Be Allowed To Enter WWI?

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Yes, the US should have entered WWI,. Three major factors contribute to this, one being that our allies were about to fall to the unstoppable German’s war machine. Second, the Germans and their allies were sinking ships carrying American citizens. Thirdly, we were experiencing a slump in our economy and needed to drive the prices back up. Generally a nation isn’t an ally until a treaty is signed. France, Russia and England were not our allies before 1917. Unrestricted German submarine warfare is a reason to go to war. I believe the US was right to enter WWI because. The Americans had no other choice but to enter the war, many lives were lost. Due to the fact that the German’s would not accept the United States neutrality of the war, the

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