HA!'s views as to whether or not the US should have entered the Great War.

History Alive generally agrees with the decision for the US to enter the Great War. It presents the idea that neutrality was good in theory but practically it was not so. One-third of Americans at the time (around 32 million) were either foreign-born or children of foreign-born parents. They found it hard to remain neutral as they still had close ties with their homelands. German and Austrian Americans were sympathetic to the Central Powers while others favored the Allies because of similar ancestry, language, and democratic ideas. Remaining neutral also became difficult when the Germans began attacking boats that had American citizens on them. Their use of unrestricted submarine warfare resulted in forced promises such as the Sussex Pledge, which they broke. Another reason as to why the US entered the war was to end the stalemate that had occurred in Europe. The Zimmerman Note (a telegram from Germany to Mexico that said if the US entered the war, Germany and Mexico should become allies) also pressured Congress to go to war.