History of North America

What were US fighting for in World War 1?

1. To uphold freedom of the seas.

2. To make the world "safe for democracy".

3. To protect economic interests and American investments and trade in Europe.

4. To uphold and protect international law and prevent the future recurrence of large-scale conflicts.

5. As an extension of Woodrow Wilson's progressive agenda as well as of his general antipathy towards autocracy.

6. To respond to German submarine attacks on US merchant ships, including Lusitania, in particular.