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= // __Thesis: The reason for the US entering WWI was not for Business or the safety of democracy. It was not the anti German propaganda in the US or even that innocent Americans where dyeing.__ __The reason for the US entering WWI was because of our cultural ties to Great Britain and France.__ // =

= = = = =   = // During America's early years, Britain originally created the basis for North American culture. This is seen now //// by streets, towns, cities, and states all named after English counterparts. Britain and France are what made the US what it is today. // = Cultural ties to Great Britain =

There was fourth-fifths of Americans that were English. They wanted Britain to win because that’s was their heritage is from and they didn’t want them to be beat. The press and writers of books were pro-British. The people in the Midwest were mainly opposed to the war, they wanted to remain out of it because the large amount of immigrants were strongly opposed to American entry. The working class didn’t say much about the war and farmers ignored it. The businessmen who were middle class and upper class promoted the military preparedness because they wanted everyone to know how far America could hold out before fighting back.

= US and England in the the Revolutionary War = The Revolutionary War was the first war to jump start the Americans ambitions to become a word super power. Because of England wanting to take over the States. Winning this war gave the US the power it finally deserved. Along with the great American military, they also had an ally to help them them in their most important war so far. This ally was France, one of the other countries trying to set up colonies in the US. The reason they helped us was because of England forcing France out of the states, making them settle for Canada. This, overall, gave us more of a historical tie to England and France because without either of them, we wouldn't be the country that we are.

= British Propaganda = = = The Propaganda was not just in America during WWI; it was also in Great Britain. It was in many different forms from just words to film. The main forms were posters and they showed the Germans as fowl beast or animals. These posters made the people of Britain both fear and hate the Germans. At the very start of the war there were no there were no established or organized place were the posters were made. But soon there was one that was established. It was held at Wellington House. It was lead by a man by the name of Charles Masterman. media type="youtube" key="FEzx9fWmfv4" height="204" width="253" align="left"

Wilson started out in this war saying we are not going into this war because its "a war which we had nothing to do with." America tried staying neutral as long as we could. In the end we had there really was no way to stay neutral. We had to many historical ties with France and cultural ties with Great Britain not to take their side. In the beginning of the war we did supply Germany with food and weapons but Great Britain helped to stop that. They put bombs in the north sea and prohibited materials to go to Germany, with this happening the U.S. helped Great Britain and France 4x with war materials and things. Over in the U.S. we had special factories for making ammunition and guns to give to Great Britain and France. Not only giving them guns and ammunition we also gave them 2 Billion dollars. When the Germans found out about this they came up with the ideas of the "U" boats, they started sinking French boats but Americans where on them taking over supplies. Well when Americans get hurt Wilson does not like this. People say that the men that boarded this ship in New York, knew that stepping onto this boat was dangerous because they where sailing into a war zone, but the men never knew that the ship was filled with war fair and going to be under attack.

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BY: Ricky, Alison, Tyana, Peter