American Involvement In Ww2

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In World War I, German actions angered President Wilson as well as the American public. While German aggression shaped American opinion in World War II, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor forced the United States to enter the war. In both cases, the tone of aggression that molded the foreign policy of Presidents Wilson and Roosevelt and shaped American public opinion originated from Germany.
The main catalysts for the US entry into the wars were actions by the Axis powers such as Germany’s resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare that caused the deaths of American citizens and Japan’s attack on the US Naval Forces at Pearl Harbor Hawaii on 7 December 1941. These events were deciding factors in America’s role during the wars, but

Roosevelt’s original policy was also designed to keep the US out of war but it was ultimately revised to provide Britain with supplies and aid. The final influence on the US interventions was public opinion. Public opinion in the years prior to the US entering the wars was entirely against America intervention. Public sentiment later changed from one of non-interventionism to interventionism. Concerning American involvement in World War 1, most Americans accepted the war reluctantly with a minority still clinging to the side of neutrality. Public opinion in WWII was also not one of unity; however, the attack on Pearl Harbor

More worried with financial circumstances at home, Americans initially chose not to intercede in the developing European conflict. Declining to enter the war, Americans trusted that as long as the nation remained impartial, European fear of a fascist government overthrow, orchestrated by Hitler and Mussolini, would not impact them. America’s isolationist strategy was a result of purposeful and well organized government publicity. American propaganda amid World War 1 advertised the hopeful message that World War 1 was "the war to end all wars"(Boyer 60) Trusting that World War 1 was an unfortunate chore, Americans were frustrated to find that world War 1 was of little consequence as they soon found themselves in another large scale conflict. Public sentiment continued to develop in favor of isolationism after England and France defaulted on their loans to the United due to inadequate reparations gathered from Germany. Government propaganda urged Americans to adamantly remain on side of neutrality. In a political drawing of 1932, Uncle Sam is seen commenting that "the main thing European countries have the capacity to concur upon is that they can't pay back their loans from U.S"(Clark 262). Neutrality was further supported when President Hoover affirmed the Hawley-Smoot Tax of 1930, raising the levy to sixty percent. The