In the United States, we have experienced significant economic and political growth

since the end of the Civil War more than 50 years ago. Industrialization, including the
creation of factories and the introduction of new technologies, has played a key role in
this growth. The rise of big business and the emergence of a thriving middle class have
also contributed to the country's economic strength. Immigration has brought a steady
flow of labor and cultural diversity to the United States, enriching the country's culture
and economy.

Territorial expansion has also contributed to our country's growing influence in the
world, with the acquisition of territories such as Texas, California and Hawaii. These
territories have provided valuable resources and expanded the market for domestic
industries, and have also contributed to the country's growing influence in the world.
The United States has established protectorates over Cuba and has intervened in the
governments of countries such as Panama and Mexico. However, this expansion has
been controversial and has met with resistance and conflict, particularly with Mexico
and Native Americans.

Despite these advances, we have also faced internal tensions and conflicts, such as
struggles for workers' rights and equal rights for African Americans. These conflicts
have led to strikes and protests across the country. Despite these challenges and
economic setbacks such as in the Panic of 1907, the United States remains a world
leader and a prosperous nation. The country's growing economic and political power
has made us a significant force on the world stage and, as the Great War approaches,
the United States has attempted to remain neutral. However, our growing economic
and political power makes it a force to be reckoned with in the world. Despite this, we
hope that in the coming years the country can continue to move forward and
overcome internal and external tensions, building a more peaceful and just world
through cooperation and dialogue.
The U.S. stance toward the war and whether or not it will join the Allied efforts has
been a topic of debate and concern both at home and abroad. Some argued that the
United States should intervene to protect its interests and promote peace in the world,
while others argued that it should stay out of foreign conflicts.

Once I have this general outline of events, I will explain them in more detail.

For two and a half years, then-US President Woodrow Wilson had managed to weave a
delicate political balance to keep us out of the European conflict, often facing intense
domestic political opposition. Wilson was a reserved and stern intellectual, descended
from Scottish Presbyterians. His traumatic experience as a child of a southern state
during the Civil War led him to decide that the country should be left out of the
European conflict when it began, in 1914. Neutrality became Wilson's motto and the
linchpin of the country's dealings with Europe. To the chagrin of many critics, including
prominent Republicans such as former President Theodore Roosevelt, the U.S. became
a neutral nation "in both thought and action."

it was a conflict whose causes and objectives he saw, at best, as obscure. In his view,
U.S. foreign policy would not benefit from participation.

Wilson has maintained his policy during the early years of the war, even in the face of
extreme provocations The most prominent example was the sinking of the Lusitania.
This happened in May 1915, when a passenger ship named RMS Lusitania, which sailed
south coast of Ireland. Nearly 1,200 people died, including 128 Americans.
This sinking provoked great indignation. As internal protests demanding intervention
grew, in September 1915, Wilson got the German government to order no more
passenger ships to sink without warning. In this way, he maintained a kind of vigilant
caution. Even the following year, as many of you will remember, his presidential
campaign for re-election had as its motto: "He kept us out of the war", and he won this
one, albeit in a narrow way.

On January 31, 1917, in a speech to the Senate, he urged lawmakers to help him forge
the "foundations of peace among nations" when the conflict in Europe ended.
But Wilson has been forced to change his mind abruptly.

"Our country must be an example of peace and justice for the world. We must not get
involved in conflicts that have nothing to do with our national interests," said Senator
Robert La Follette.

A week after the aforementioned speech, the German ambassador in Washington D.C.,
Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff, called Secretary of State Robert Lansing. Von
Bernstorff had with him a letter in which Germany declared the resumption of its
policy of unrestricted submarine attacks.
Thus began the countdown.
First diplomatic ties were broken. Then a middle ground was attempted, which Wilson
called "armed neutrality." But the topic didn't end there.

After this came, the well-known to all, Zimmermann's telegram. This was deciphered
in 1917 and also played an important role in the entry of the United States into the
war. The telegram was a message sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur
Zimmermann to the German Embassy in Mexico. Zimmerman's proposal, sent through
the German embassy in Mexico, had a direct message: "Let's make war together, let's
make peace together."

In particular, Berlin offered Mexico generous financial support to go to war with the
United States and recover the territories of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico,
conquered by us in the nineteenth century. We are even more outraged by this
proposal. Since the telegram was intercepted by the British government, which
warned the U.S., some considered the message to be a move by the Allies to end the
neutrality promoted by Wilson.

Finally as the "inevitable" step, Wilson spoke before Congress on April 2. With a deep
sense of the solemn and tragic step he was taking, he told parliamentarians that they
should regard German actions as a declaration of war against the U.S. government and
people

Armed neutrality had proved ineffective, as it was impossible to implement to defend

ships against attacks by German submarines.

"We have nothing against the German people. Our only feelings for them are one of
sympathy and friendship," Wilson said. But, he added, "the world must be a safe place
for democracy to exist."

Two days later the Senate voted in favor of Wilson's resolution and another two days
later it passed the House of Representatives.

Therefore, it has been so that today, April 6, 1917, the president has signed his Official
statement. The United States has entered the great war. So, from now on, the United
States will be sending troops to Europe to fight alongside the Allies against Germany
and its allies. This is important and significant news for our country, and we will
continue to cover developments closely as the war progresses. In the meantime, we
pray for the safety and success of our troops and hope for a final victory for the United
States and its allies. I wish you all good luck, and I give my full support to every
American reading this.

Woodrow Wilson"Our country cannot remain indifferent to the violation of human

rights and freedom in the world. We must fight for freedom and justice for all."