Despite the United States being neutral at the beginning, the United States finally entered the First World War. There were a couple of events that led the United States to join the war. First of all, it is important to understand that the United States has a heterogeneous population that traces its decent in many nations across Europe. A large proportion of the citizenry found it important for the United States to enter into the war so that they could help their own people who were still in there former motherlands. This in part explains why the United States decided to join the Allied powers and not the Central powers. Another factor that drew the United States into the war is the threat that the Central powers were using US neighbors in North America to their advantage. Secret telegraphs to countries such as Mexico were intercepted by the US intelligence units which propelled the United States to consider joining the war against the central powers.
The aim of the United States joining the war was to come to the aid of its Allies who formed the Allied Powers. The interests of the United States in the War were meant to assist nations such as Britain to contain the Central Powers (Smith 21). In addition, many legislators in the United States found it important for the creation of a league of nations that United Nations that had the aim of realizing global peace and stability. Entry of the United States into WW1 was aimed towards participating in global politics because the country had for a long time under President Roosevelt practiced an isolationist politick that caused the country to stay aloof of international politics. However, the increasing of the scope of WWI made it clear that the United States had to actively be involved in the process of enhancing world order and stability.
Works Cited
Smith, Page. America enters the world: a people's history of the Progressive Era and World War I. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. Print.
