5. The United States should not have entered into the war. In 1914 war broke out across Europe. It began with the assassination of Francis Ferdinand, the archduke and heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne. His assassinators were Serbian revolutionaries. Soon Austria-Hungary was in conflict with Serbia and alliances were being drawn up left and right. Just like that, a Europe that had been industrializing and militarizing for years, was ready to go to war with its self. …showed first 75 words of 657 total…

…showed last 75 words of 657 total…had a completely indifferent view of what was going on in the war. In the aftermath, even, where did the United States benefit? No one paid any mind to President Wilson's Fourteen Points and all the U.S. got out of it was a bunch of casualties. It does not seem altogether that clear why the United States got involved and looking back, perhaps it would have been wiser to stay neutral throughout the war.