In short, Germany was close to being defeated, and America wanted to be part of the post war carve up (when territory was divided). The US was supplying war materials to the Allies and could not do so while maintaining complete neutrality. There was also the sinking of the British ship Lusitania which angered the US. Also, the Zimmerman telegram.
Germany crumbled into a number of small territories, each rule by a powerful noble called a duke. The dukes deliberately elected the weakest among themselves to be the “King of Germany”.
John Quincy Adams made numerous significant contributions to
American foreign policy. His vision was that US would arise as the leading
power in the Western Hemisphere, free and independent from European affairs. He
played an imperative role in exchanging in the Treaty of Ghent that ended the
War of 1812.
The Reformation really started in Germany when Martin Luther posted the 95 theses on the door of the Wittenburg church.
Answer: The majority of Americans supported a policy of neutrality.
Explanation:
"Woodrow Wilson did not want war.
When World War I erupted in Europe in 1914, the 28th U.S. president pledged neutrality, in sync with prevailing American public opinion.
But while Wilson tried to avoid war for the next three years, favoring instead a negotiated collective approach to international stability, he was rapidly running out of options. Tensions heightened as Germany tried to isolate Britain in 1915 and announced unrestricted attacks against all ships that entered the war zone around the British Isles.
In early April 1917, with the toll in sunken U.S. merchant ships and civilian casualties rising, Wilson asked Congress for “a war to end all wars” that would “make the world safe for democracy.” A hundred years ago, on April 6, 1917, Congress thus voted to declare war on Germany, joining the bloody battle—then optimistically called the Great War.”
