World War 1

         World War 1 was a war in Europe that the United States was involved in, at first the U.S. was not entirely involved in the war through their policy of Isolationism, but at the same time, they had tried to aid their Allies, France and Great Britain, whom they had had better relations with rather than Austria-Hungary and Germany. Another reason that the U.S. had supplied France and Britain was because they were close to using the war, so they had sent them supplies. France and Britain had also set up blockades around Europe, which had angered the Germans, in response to this, Germany had inacted "Unrestricted Submarine Warfare", a policy where the Germans would sink any ship without warning. On May 7th, 1915, the U.S. civlilian ship was sunk, angering the U.S., after this incident, President Woodrow Wilson had declared war.


A New York Times magazine reporting the sinking of Lusitania

           1 year after joining the war, an armistice, or peace agreement was signed on November 11, 1918. There was an estimated $32 billion dollars that was spent, 22% coming from taxes, 20-28% from printing money, and 53-58% from War bonds.

A poster promoting war bonds