chapter 19 section 1 critical thinking 4

Why were America’s ties with the allies stronger than its ties with the central powers?

During the beginning of the First World War, the United States had no involvement in the war and had claimed neutrality. However, after several years of the war, the US had decided to involve itself in the war. The US took the side of the allied powers. The US had stronger ties with the allies than the central powers even though people from all over Europe created the United States.
Some reasons for a stronger tie with the allied powers were because of a strong ancestry with Great Britain. Also, the similar language helped establish an alliance with England along with the similar legal system and democratic institutions. There were not only social and historical ties to the allied powers, but economic ties as well. The United States shipped twice as more goods to Great Britain and France as they did to Germany. During the war, the US factories were filled with orders for war weapons to aid Britain and France.
There were also factors that weakened ties with the Central Powers. When the German army moved to attack France through Belgium, there was propaganda that was spread that depicted the Germans as to attacking innocent, burning villages and hospitals, as well as libraries and cathedrals. This caused the ties with Germany to be weakened as well as anti-German crimes to rise in the United States.