Seven whole hours?
And you show up at Free Republic two months ago and presume to teach adults with thousands of hours of learning history ----- about history?
Perhaps a few hundred more hours of studying spelling might enhance your credibility.
It will all become clear when you reach high school.
Good Luck.
It takes you 1000’s of hours to research and conclude what it took to get the USA into WW1? Kinda slow don’t you think? Especially with the internet as the search tool.
Here’s how I did it. I started by investigating the 1961 speech of Benjamin H. Freedman. I thought it was anti semetic garbage at first. I used Wikipedia to verify every name and date that Freedman referred to. I investigated Freedman’s bio. I was/am shocked to find that everything he said is verifiable...completely true. The Brits had Palestine. The Zionists wanted Palestine. The Brits wanted the USA in the war. The Zionists made a deal with the Brits to give them Palestine if they could get the USA into the war. Wilson was president. His friend Brandeis was the first Jew in the Supreme court and he was a dedicated Zionist. Please, look it up yourself.
America went from neutral to anti-German in the course of 2 years. People in America that spoke out against entry into the war were persecuted, even jailed. The propoganda machine that went into action staggers the mind. Look it up or look here: http://smoter.com/america’.htm
Verify the footnotes for yourself. Or better yet, proove it wrong. You cant do it!