W.W.I and W.W.II

At the beginning of World War I, President Wilson stated that all Americans should remain “impartial in thought as well as deed.” This was the beginning of America’s neutrality policy. But this was impossible, more many reasons. For one thing, many Americans were not impartial. German Americans and Irish Americans sympathized with the German cause, while many more, including Wilson sided with Britain. Also, economic realities made it impossible for the United States to stay totally neutral. The British had imposed a naval blockade on Germany to prevent munitions and supplies from reaching the enemy. The United States stopped trading with Germany and continued to trade with Great Britain. This was not a neutral decision.

Tensions between the U.S. and Germany began to grow. In American eyes, the Germans were using barbaric tactics, like submarine warfare. German submarines were sinking British ships with American passen

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