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What changed our foreign policy? It was with Europe’s descent into war that the United States became trapped in what would soon become the First World War. President Wilson fought to “define policies that would protect U.S. interest and principles” (Merrill p.33), while “simultaneously attempting to keep the nation out of war, stop the violence, and allow him to outline the terms of the peace settlement and the characteristics of the postwar international system” (Merrill, Paterson). There were so many reasons why the U.S. entered the war, the Germans unrestricted warfare, American propaganda, urging Americans to support allies throughout neutrality, German dictatorship, Wilson’s war message in which he stated that “the world must be made safe for democracy” (Merrill, Paterson p.40), U.S. business interested, the fact that trade with the allies increased, it was with all these factors that the U.S. entered the war and it was America’s participation in this war that elevated the nation to a great power status and transformed U.S. foreign relations. Once the U.S. became fully involved in the European conflict, Wilson’s goals changed he not only want to “win the war but he also wanted to shape the postwar peace” (Merrill, Paterson p.34). The president’s Fourteen Points were his plans for post war peace.
Approximate Word count = 835
Approximate Pages = 3.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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