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America entered world war one in 1917 due to several independent and collective factors. Such as the sinking of the Lusitania and Germanys secret collaboration with Mexico.

Ideological/moral desire to uphold democracy

Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge believed that America should have a world role.William Jennings Bryan was a noted orator with strong support in the country for his pacifist view. He resigned as secretary of state in 1915. Many Americans disliked the political system of Imperial Germany, particularly the focus on military methods rather than democratic ones. The USA declared war on Germany on 6th April 1917 with a ringing pronouncement that the USA would make the world “safe for democracy”. The war had become more ideological clear-cut with the morally superior democratic Entente Powers (Britain, France and Russia) fighting the immoral militaristic Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary).

German aggression

In May 1915, a German......

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