U.S. Neutrality: 1914 – 1917 - World War I Centennial site
When war broke out in Europe, the United States immediately declared its neutrality. President Woodrow Wilson stated that America must be “impartial in thought as well as in action.” For a century, the U.S. had stayed out of European affairs. Most Americans preferred to …
U.S. proclaims neutrality in World War I | August 4, 1914 - HISTORY
2009年11月5日 · As World War I erupts in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson formally proclaims the neutrality of the United States, a position that a vast majority of Americans favored, on August 4, 1914.
Development of U.S. Neutrality Policy - World War I Document …
2009年6月30日 · The United States has made earnest representations to Great Britain in regard to the seizure and detention by the British authorities of all American ships or cargoes bona fide destined to neutral ports, on the ground that such seizures and detentions were contrary to the existing rules of international law. It will be recalled, however, that ...
Why Did the US Enter World War I? - HISTORY
2017年4月6日 · When World War I broke out across Europe in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the United States would remain neutral, and many Americans supported this policy of nonintervention.
U.S. Enters the War - National WWI Museum and Memorial
Why did America enter World War I? When WWI began in Europe in 1914, many Americans wanted the United States to stay out of the conflict, supporting President Woodrow Wilson’s policy of strict and impartial neutrality. “The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name during these days that are to try men’s souls.
United States neutrality during World War I | Britannica
Since the days of Washington and Jefferson, the United States had held to a policy of "no entangling alliances" with European nations. There was indifference to the growing militarism and imperialism of the great powers of Europe as they competed for world markets and raw materials for new industries.
Declaration of Neutrality - Teaching American History
2024年12月3日 · By August 4, 1914, most of Europe was at war. President Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) immediately proclaimed the United States neutral. Distraught over the death of his wife, Ellen Wilson (1860–1914), on August 6, 1914, from Bright’s disease, he did not address Congress until August 19, 1914.
President Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality
2009年5月28日 · The United States must be neutral in fact, as well as in name, during these days that are to try men's souls. We must be impartial in thought, as well as action, must put a curb upon our sentiments, as well as upon every transaction that might be construed as a preference of one party to the struggle before another.
U.S. proclaims neutrality in World War I, August 4, 1914
2009年8月4日 · On this day in 1914, as World War I erupted across Europe, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would remain “impartial in thought as well as in action.” At the time, a vast...
U.S. Declaration of Neutrality, 19 August 1914 - First World War.com
On 19 August 1914 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson addressed Congress and made public the U.S. policy of neutrality. During his address he warned U.S. citizens against taking sides in the war for fear of endangering the wider U.S. policy.