The main reasons were, America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.
The right to have guns/bear arms
The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex hand-written in an unknown writing system. ... The manuscript is named after Wilfrid Voynich, a Polish-Samogitian book dealer who purchased it in 1912. Some of the pages are missing, with around 240 remaining.
The United States assumed that since the USSR was attempting to spread communism into Asia, countries around the main target would fall as well - the Domino Effect.
The United States fought to prevent the spread of communism by interfering in countries such as Vietnam and Korea - however, both outcomes were unsuccessful or did little to nothing.
Yes, they were correct as once Vietnam fell to communism so did Cambodia and Laos.
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Prior to the outbreak of war, French and British politicians tried to solve their problems with Hitler and Mussolini through a policy of "appeasement", since they wanted to avoid war at all costs.