Major Question: Should the United State enter World War I? Making Generalizations: Below are groups of statements made before, during, and after America’s involvement in World War I. Read the statements in each group and identify the key reasons why the United States entered World War I. Then write ONE SENTENCE that summarize the major arguments presented in each statement. 2. Our object...is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic powerWe are glad...to fight...for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included: for the right of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy" -President Woodrow Wilson's War Message (April 1917)​

the second world war (wwii) was one of the major trans formative events of the 20th century, with 39 million deaths in europe alone. large amounts of physical capital were destroyed as well through six years of constant ground battles and bombing. many individuals were forced to abandon or give up their property without compensation and to move on to new lands. periods of hunger become more common even in relatively prosperous western europe. families were separated for long periods of time especially from their fathers. many including young children would personally witness the horrors of war as battles and bombing took place in the very areas where they lived. horrendous crimes against humanity were committed. due to wwii, political and economic systems in many countries would be permanently altered.

the treaty of brest-litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 march 1918 between the new bolshevik government of russia and the central powers (german empire, austria-hungary, bulgaria, and the ottoman empire), that ended russia's participation in world war i.