World War 1
World War I all started when the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was shot. This causes turmoil between all of Europe and eventually escalated into The Great War. Before all of this turmoil, the United States was just beginning to get some recognition as a world power. They were involved in a war in Cuba that was against Spain and, after the defeat of Spain; the U.S. was finally getting a little credit. The relationship between the U.S. and most of Europe was a good one, but we still had our enemies. We didn't fair to well with the Spaniards after the war and the Russians and Germans weren't exactly our best friends either. Overall, the U.S. was just starting to become friends with everyon
Behind the Americans backs, Mexico was secretly plotting to allow German troops to come in and try and overtake the U. They set up a provisional government made up of bankers, lawyers, industrialists, and capitalists. They were known as the Bolsheviks and their leader was V. The Mexicans and Germans were secretly contacting each other for months before U. The Germans were taking part in uncontrolled submarine warfare and Wilson did nothing about it. President Woodrow Wilson declared that the U. e and most of the countries and Europe didn't have problems with the U. In February of 1917, a group of Russian activists revolted against the Czar and burned the palace with he and his family inside. This made the Europeans happy because they thought the Americans would help bring the war to an end quick and easy.
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