America Enters the War

America Enters the War

Karissa Troyer

 

  On April 6,1917 America entered World War 1. Up until then America had stayed out of the war and was even trading with some of the countries involved in the war. May 7, 1915 was a major turning point for American involvement in the war. On that day the Lusitania was sunk. On board the ship were 1,959 people, 159 of them were Americans.The Germans were the ones responsible for sinking the ship. Their story is that there were explosives on board the ship and they were trying to get rid of them.

  One other reason for The U.S. to join the war was because of the Zimmerman note. The note was sent from the German foreign secretary to the German ambassador to Mexico. The note was intercepted by British intelligence and was sent to the Americans. The note said that if Mexico was to ally with Germany then after the war was over Mexico would get back control of New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. This made most Americans angry, and on the 6th of April America was involved with World War 1.