The US government did not want to tell businesses what to make to help for world war 1. Instead, what they did was to try to coordinate its needs with those of the businesses. The reason they did it this way was because it saved the government money and they wanted to save there money because there economy wasn 't as strong as it was after the war. The government persuaded the businesses to act out of patriotism. The United States trained there military to be strong and have no fear. The United States had to draft soldiers to fight in the war. If you were 18 or older, there would be a good chance that you would get drafted. They would train you well, but you don 't know if you would be able to return home and see your family again. A lot of soldiers that went in the draft did not return home. United States mobilized its enormous industrial potential and intervened out of the American continent. By the end of the war a radical socialist group gained power in Russia and started to turn society in completely new ways, leading to a long and painful process, which we still feel during are time …show more content…
The US relations with Germany deteriorated throughout this period. The US took a vote if they should go to war with Germany or not, and going to war with Germany won the vote. President Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany. However, many citizens of the United States was not happy with going to war with Germany. Many of the citizens did not want anything to do with the war and just wanted the US to become neutral again with Germany. France was expecting a big US army to come to France. Since the United States had basically no army at the time, they drafted people. After they drafted people, they still they didn 't have as much as they should. The US met up with France and there other allies in France and prepared to for World War 1. President Woodrow Wilson knew that the people of the United States wanted to become neutral again and not be at war. The United States went on win the World War 1 war. They became neutral again with Germany after the