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== World War ==

== World War ==

The United States also appeared on the world scene in the last years of [[World War I]]. President Wilson tried to negotiate a peace in Europe, but when Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare against American shipping, especially after the 1915 sinking of the ''Lusitania'', he called on Congress to declare war. Ignoring military affairs, he focused on diplomacy and finance. On the home front he began the first effective draft in 1917, raised billions through [[Liberty loans]], imposed an income tax on the wealthy, set up the [[War Industries Board]], promoted labor union growth, supervised agriculture and food production through the [[Lever Act]], took over control of the railroads, and suppressed left-wing anti-war movements. As the European states, the United States experiment war economy. In 1918, Wilson advocated various international reforms in the ''[[Fourteen Points]]'', among them public diplomacy, freedom of navigation, "equality of trade conditions" and removal of economic barriers, an "impartial adjustment of all colonial claims," the "evacuation of all Russian territory" (where the new [[Bolshevik]] regime was trying to establish itself firmly during the [[Russian Civil War]], opposed by the [[White movement|White Army]] supported by Western states), the evacuation of France and Belgium, the creation of a [[Polish state]], and, last but not least of the 14 Points, the creation of an association of nations. The latter would become the [[League of Nations]].  

The United States also appeared on the world scene in the last years of [[World War I]]. President Wilson tried to negotiate a peace in Europe, but when Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare against American shipping, especially after the 1915 sinking of the ''Lusitania'', he called on Congress to declare war. Ignoring military affairs, he focused on diplomacy and finance. On the home front he began the first effective draft in 1917, raised billions through [[Liberty loans]], imposed an income tax on the wealthy, set up the [[War Industries Board]], promoted labor union growth, supervised agriculture and food production through the [[Lever Act]], took over control of the railroads, and suppressed left-wing anti-war movements. As the European states, the United States experiment war economy. In 1918, Wilson advocated various international reforms in the ''[[Fourteen Points]]'', among them public diplomacy, freedom of navigation, "equality of trade conditions" and removal of economic barriers, an "impartial adjustment of all colonial claims," the "evacuation of all Russian territory" (where the new [[Bolshevik]] regime was trying to establish itself firmly during the [[Russian Civil War]], opposed by the [[White movement|White Army]] supported by Western states), the evacuation of France and Belgium, the creation of a [[Polish state]], and, last but not least of the 14 Points, the creation of an association of nations. The latter would become the [[League of Nations]].