4. United States and the First World War: from neutrality to involvement
When the First World War started in Europe, the United States adopted a policy of neutrality. However by 1917, various factors had come together to bring the US to a point where, by April of that year, Wilson felt he had no choice but to go to Congress to ask for the authority to make war on Germany. Guiding questions: What was the policy of Neutrality: August 1914 – April 1917? What factors led US president Wilson...