Why The USA Joined World War I?

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I was the representative of the United States during the debate on the Treaty of Versailles. The United States had entered the war in 1917 because of the German Submarine Warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram. Overall we had spent $22’625’583’000 on the war, mobilized 4’335’000 men in total, and the Allied Powers, including the US, had won the war overall. Our plans for money were to have the Central Powers pay for roughly 11 million in reparations and expenses, and the Allied Powers to pay 5 million in total in reparations for trade from the US. We were also accepting raw materials and had allowed a time extension for the countries in ca of financial issues. The US felt as if we did not have to change the boundaries because we are not part of Europe and we do not have the right to do so. We had also been planning on giving the Allied Powers 16-18% of our remaining military troops, and 0.7% to Central Powers for monitoring. …show more content…

I had thought that we could have been more specific on many of them, although our justifications were very well written. We did not accomplish exactly what we wanted for the military and boundaries one, but they did have offers that supported our reasons and justifications. As for our money resolution, much of it was accomplished, and we had added a few other points to it, too. I thought our team had done very well on achieving peace for the nations, but we could have tried to achieve fewer arguments by being specific with our thoughts and being more open to new ideas proposed by other countries. Our team had collaborated together very well and were somewhat efficient compared to the other groups I have worked with. Although, because I had written the money resolution, the introduction, and had helped my teammates write, I had thought that I did much more than my

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