The united states and world war I
At the outbreak of the War, United States relations with the outside world were not aggressive. In fact, for most of World War one the U.S. desired to stay neutral. Though that did not stay the case after the United States entered the war in 1917. After the United States officially entered the war, all the propaganda saying the war was a good thing could not hold up against the average strong willed citizen who had no desire for their country to become part of the war.
The United States became involved in the war after they felt their neutrality had been violated when a German U-boat, a military submarine, sunk the Lusitania. The Lusitania was a British ocean liner and was briefly the world's largest ship. It primarily ferried people across the Atlantic ocean, however when it ended up in an area that was declared a war-zone by the Germans, the U-boat took it down along with it's passengers.
It was sunk in 1915, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew. The ship was a sister ship to the Titanic. And the Zimmerman Note. |
the united states and world war II
The United States was thrown into World War II with the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. The air raid began at 7:48 am, and caught the U.S. by surprise. No one had been prepared. The Japanese were thought to have attack Hawaii for a number of reasons. The United States, who had previously provided supplies for the Japanese, had ceased, and Hawaii was also the closest to Japan, geographically. Japanese pilots who ran out of ammo crashed their planes to create maximum damage.
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The day after the surprise attack the U.S. declared war on Japan, and was thus launched into World War 2 by the Japanese. The attack had caused roughly some 2,400 deaths of Americans and the destruction of over 100 ships.
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Isolationism vs. Interventionism
The United States neutral outlook on the war, and how the U.S. looked to not be involved was a prime example of the isolationism in America., that America had isolated itself from the rest of the world. One of the reasons the outbreak of the war was so hard for America was because of isolationism in the nation. It wasn't until around the 1930's that the point of view began to change across America and the country became far more friendly than it had been before.
The United States and Interventionism. Interventionism is action taken by the government to influence the effects or results of something that isn't directly under it's control. An example would be when the United States set their food rationing propaganda to work to influence the American society that by not eating as much, buying as much, or disposing as much food they'd be helping the rooms. That their rationing was a patriotic.
The United States and Interventionism. Interventionism is action taken by the government to influence the effects or results of something that isn't directly under it's control. An example would be when the United States set their food rationing propaganda to work to influence the American society that by not eating as much, buying as much, or disposing as much food they'd be helping the rooms. That their rationing was a patriotic.
Pearl Harbor photos: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm
Information about Peal Harbor: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec07.html
Information about Peal Harbor: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec07.html