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American Neutrality
WORLD WAR I
The official stance of the United States in relation to the War in Europe was Neutrality.
President Woodrow Wilson: “be neutral in fact as well as name.”
Economic Effect on America
 Trade increases 7X
 U.S FARMERS AND MANUFACTURERS SENT FOOD, ARMS, OIL, FUEL
UNITED STATES EXPORTS TO THE MAJOR WARRING NATIONS
( IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
Nations
1914
1915
1916
Major Allied
Powers: France,
785.0
1341.8
2465.6
England, Russia
Major Central
Powers: Germany,
370.7
30.9
.3
Austria-Hungary,
Turkey
1. Was the United States neutral “in fact as well as name”?
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Why was neutrality difficult for the United States?
1) Cultural ties:
 German Americans sympathetic to Germany
 Irish Americans? _______________________________
 Jews? ________________________________________
2) Propaganda
 Both sides portray the others as beasts.
3) Economic ties:
By 1917:
 U.S has $2.3 billion in loans to Allies
 $27 million in loans to Germany