Opinion Paper: U.S. Involvement in WWI

The United States was right to get involved in WWI. We had interests in Europe that were being endangered by the consistent fighting, including economic interests and many felt a tie to Britain. These facts, as well as the brutality that the Germans were using against innocent people, pushed the United States into the war.
The United States had strong economic ties with the Allies. American trade with Britain and France was more than double its trade with Germany before the war. The Allies swamped American manufacturers with orders for supplies like dynamites, cannon powder, submarines, copper wire and tubing, and armored cars, making trade with the Allie...