Many people believe another fault of the League of Nations that contributed to war was; how they appeased Hitler by letting him have Czechoslovakia. They did this because they thought it would reduce chances of war, yet Hitler soon broke the agreement they had made and war started. Although many people would argue that the above cause was the fault of the League of Nations, I disagree because, if Hitler had not been so aggressively demanding, they would not have needed to appease him. However, the League of Nations is not completely without fault, Italy was disappointed by the League of Nations as she was denied territory promised by Britain and France. This lead Mussolini and Italy to join forces with Germany, making them bear resentment and wanting war.
The mistake that Madison made was going to war with Great Britain. They were worried because they believed that Americas “peace, prosperity and happiness… are in Great jeopardy… the general government have determined to make war on Great Britain” (I). There are many reasons that he should have not gone to war with Britain such as there is not enough troops to fight a good battle, this will only hurt our economy and bring us more into debt, and since we are always fighting Britain about something was this a real reason for a war? The first reason Madison should not have gone to war with Great Britain is this. There are not enough troops in America to successfully produce a war.
Americans did not want to enter the war because they thought they had enough to deal with on their own such as the Great Depression. Americans supported isolationism or staying out of the way of warring nations even though America’s Allies were at war. In World War One America had fought to make the world safe for
• 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.
This is an example of Isolation because the United States tried to stay neutral. This mode of foreign policy was not that successful because the United States could not stay neutral and ended up going to war with Britain. Imperialism is when you
tried to remain neutral, their efforts were conceded for the war did not only affect the countries involved in the bloody battles. At the time, Germany was heavy in its usage of submarine warfare, which targeted all merchant ships even from neutral countries. The sinking of the Lusitania, a British passenger liner, on May 7th, 1915 enraged Americans as 128 U.S. citizens were killed. American trade rights were also violated when Germany decided to reverse the Sussex pledge. Primarily trading with Britain and France, commercial shipping became difficult if not almost impossible, but likewise setting off a more anti-German feeling whilst improving relations with the Allies.
Britain also felt that they retained dominance over the seas by reducing the German naval fleet. The British public wanted George to “make them pay” he felt they did just that. J.M. Keynes high ranking British economist described the treaty as being much too harsh “the treaty includes no provisions for the economic rehabilitation of Europe, nothing to make the defeated central powers nations into good neighbours”. Woodrow Wilson leaves the treaty with mixed feelings.
In the 1930’s, neutrality was the United States’ chosen international policy. After World War I, the American population did not want to be involved in another military conflict. Neither did the government. There were, however, events going on in the world that gave reason for the American government to take precautions. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a small step away from true neutrality, addressed a precaution in the form of “quarantine.” When talking about the growing conflict in the world, President Roosevelt equated such conflict as an epidemic of physical disease, and when such disease spreads “the community approves and joins in a quarantine” for the purpose of containing the epidemic and the “health of the community.” Roosevelt was making a case for continued US neutrality, while acknowledging the conflict burning its way across Europe and Asia.
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.
1. As war raged in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson argued that the United States should remain neutral in this conflict. Despite attempts by both the Allied and Central Powers to persuade U.S. opinion, President Wilson and the American people remained firmly neutral. Most Americans thought that getting involved in the war was a waste of time and wanted nothing to do with Europe. The American entry into WW1 grew out of the navel conflict between Germany and Great Britain.