The Republicans arose. Voting for a Republican led to change within the governmental structure. Republicans wanted more state power and more democratic rule resulted as well. The Republican Party felt that every man should vote. Although the Election of 1800 is called a revolution from time to time, it wasn’t necessarily a revolution but more like a bitter contest.
Another important example of America practicing isolationism is their refusal to react to the Japanese sinking on the American gunboat USS Panay. This could have easily be seen as an act of war, but Congress was determined to stay away from conflict and wanted a peaceful outcome. The Japanese later paid an apology of $2million. But on the other the Washington Naval Conference 1921 and Treaty in 1924 is another clear example of intervention. They conference was between the US, Great Britain, Italy, France and Japan.
The bomb at Hiroshima was in no way used to intimidate the Soviet Union or any ally but was only used as a means to an end. The Japanese had shown before that they were willing to fight to the death, we could not take the chance that they continued the war instead of surrendering. It was important to save as many American, Asian, and European lives as possible which would be hard to do while engaged in a war with Japan. Dropping the atomic bomb was only used as a military decision meant to assure japans
They also had to eliminate their air force. Germany could not import, export, or manufacture any weaponry as a result of the Treaty. The German state also had major territorial loses in which it outraged the government even more and West Prussia was given to Poland. The Rhineland became demilitarized, and would be monitored by both Great Britain and France. The German government was outrages but still accepted the
They couldn’t join Austria and couldn’t make allies together, because they were considered as dangerous force together. By these harsh conditions, Britain and France were serving their own interests, France was trying to keep their territories safe, they were keeping Germany weak so it couldn’t invade in France again, during Great War, Germany was dominating sea, but after restrictions Britain was keeping its naval supremacy. Disarmament was the way for France and Britain to weak Germany and humiliate her. Germany had to accept blame for starting the war, this wasn’t mentioned in fourteen points, German people were upset about these decisions, they stayed without defensive forces, Treaty of Versailles didn’t require other countries to make
The conditions leading to the shift in position regarding the war were marked by two main events, the sinking of the Lusitania and the American interception of the Zimmerman Note. The Americans had an agreement that they wouldn’t export weapons or ammunition to any of the major powers, however, as the chart shows in Document C, Britian the largest importer of American goods. Because of this, the German submarines in the Pacific had a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, or sinking anything they deemed necessary for the war effort. The Germans did this under the pretense that British ships were supposedly waving the American flag as a ruse to avoid detection by German Subs, highlighted in President Wilsons first warning to the Germans in Document H. The German sinking of the ship Luisitana, a passenger ship containing more than 100 Americans, sparked an American demand for an end to unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans. This demand can be seen in the letter sent by Secretary of State Lansing to the U.S ambassador to Germany.
People argue that this was just because in the armistice, it was clearly set out that Germany would have to accept war guilt and the German leaders signed this at their own free will. As well as this, the German invasion of Belgium was what pulled the war into one of physical action in the form of man to man fighting rather than political discussions. However, I disagree with this; I think that although the Germans had originally agreed to this, it was not, in truth, the German's fault entirely. For example, many of the countries involved such as Serbia when Serbian gunmen assassinated the archduke Franz Ferdinand. Furthermore, the German people didn’t see themselves as a defeated state, many of them were unaware that they had lost; they thought that a temporary ceasefire had been introduced as there were no foreign soldiers marching down their streets.
Americans actually didn’t want to enter the war; during this time there were no national interests at stake. Yet Wilson is saying that he has tried to know what his fellow Americans think while he is declaring the importance of preparing for war in the same dialogue? Even 5 months later, after the famous sinking of the Lusitania by German U-boat torpedo, which killed 124 U.S. citizens, Americans still didn’t want to fight. An overlooked fact is that Great Britain’s navy had blockaded Germany, starving their population. As a result, Germany retaliated with submarine warfare, and even warned that it was inevitable that neutral ships would be mistakenly targeted.
• German policy on unrestricted submarine warfare would bring US into war. • 1915 – many ships either American or carrying American civilians were sunk by Germany. • Ties between allies and Americans weak but due to Germany’s actions America forced to join allies. • Did not enter war in 1915 because not ready and not all united in its response to German attacks. • Germany knew US (allies would win if US entered on their side) would enter if more ships sunk, but took the risk that Britain would be broken by then, meaning end of war.
Throughout 1915, World War I was beginning and the majority of these countries were involved. Another crucial factor was the lack of awareness of what was going on; this was before communications technology was thoroughly developed. Many eyewitness accounts reached Germany, USA, Great Britain and other countries. But few accounts were made available to the general public. Germany, the only country who could have influenced the Ottoman Empire to stop the massacres, did not want to lose such an important strategic partner, so they made the decision to ignore the attacks and go on as if all was well.