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title: "What prompted the U.S. to become involved in WWI?"  
description: "What prompted the U.S. to become involved in WWI?"  
author: "Sharon Parkar"  
published: 2018-02-28  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35644/what-prompted-the-u-s-to-become-involved-in-wwi  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["us history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What prompted the U.S. to become involved in WWI?

What [prompted the U.S](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51205/what-prompted-the-u-s-formally-to-state-its-open-door-policy-in-1899-and-1900). to [become involved](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41211/how-did-the-united-states-become-involved-in-a-conflict-with-tripoli) in WWI?


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