The nationâs economy grew just 1.2 percent in the second quarter of the year, and 0.8 percent in the first three months of the year. Don't forget the national debt. It hit $19.5 trillion for the first time ever during the week just ending, a little more than seven months after it hit the $19 trillion mark.
U.S. proclaims neutrality in World War I, August 4, 1914. On this day in 1914, as World War I erupted across Europe, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would remain âimpartial in thought as well as in action.â At the time, a vast majority of Americans approved of Wilsonâs policy of strict U.S. neutrality.
The German's naval policy was the major reason why the United States declared war on Germany. The sinking of the Lusitania was the biggest influence of American in WWI. It was so much of an influence that it was said without the sinking of the Lusitania, the United States most likely would not of entered the war.t was the assassination of Archduke Franz Firdinand that started World War I. The Americans were brought into WWI for that fact that the Germans sank some American ships, and â¦ that they wanted to protect there European Investments.