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With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the Government and people of the United States....America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other." (Woodrow Wilson's war message)

United States' entry bolstered the Allied forces and gave them extraordinary power over the German Imperial army. With America's entry into the war, things suddenly changed as we were was no longer spectators. The response from the public was however not overwhelming since it had been made to believe that America wouldn't need to send its civilians to fight the war. Only 73,000 men out of a total of 10 million able-bodied men enlisted in the army.

The resentment grew consistently over the period of war and did not end with the end of war. It continued to grow and demonstrators took to streets resenting the death of millions of young soldiers lost during the war.

The anger in the youth was main reason for U.S. To adopt...

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It had not been an isolationist from the beginning but the end of war affected the shape of politics in the country. Another important thing was the victory of Republicans after the war. This was primarily due to the rising trend in consumerism. People especially younger people had become so afraid of losing lives in wars such as WWI that most of them adopted a more careful attitude towards life marked by extra consumerism. They wanted to enjoy every minute of their time and this led to a sudden surge in spending. This also created more business opportunities and primarily for economic reasons, people started voting for Republicans
Isolationism and protectionism were the traditional values that politics of the time reverted back to. This was an important development that was to change the shape of politics because the attempt of the U.S. To become more engaged in world politics had backfired in the form of resentment from the youth and thus it reverted to isolationism and Republicans played a very important role in this reversion.

References

President Woodrow Wilson's War message" accessed online 14th April 2005:

http://bss.sfsu.edu/tygiel/Hist427/texts/wilswarmessage.html

John Bach McMaster. The United States in the World War: D. Appleton & Company. New York. 1918

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President Woodrow Wilson's War message" accessed online 14th April 2005:

http://bss.sfsu.edu/tygiel/Hist427/texts/wilswarmessage.html

John Bach McMaster. The United States in the World War: D. Appleton & Company. New York. 1918
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