How Did World War I Negatively Influence American Culture

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When World War I began in 1914, there were countless amounts of Europeans living in the United States that had personal relations with both parties involved in the war. Americans perceived the existing circumstances as a crisis that only involved Europe and wanted to distance itself from the issues that started the war. Most importantly, the United States wanted to focus on domestic issues and deter any ideologies that could negatively influence American culture. Following the sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman telegram, and the continuation of unrestricted warfare the United States joined the war on April 6, 1917. After the contributing factors that lead to the United States entry, the American population was blasted with anti-German

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