Question

make it new!: early modernism how we entered world war i by barbara tuchman on april 2, 1917, the united states as a new contender entered the tournament of world power from which we have not since, despite wishful attempts, been able to withdraw. up to then, notwithstanding our hearty belligerence in the spanish - american war, we were not regarded as one of the great powers, either by them or, on the whole, by ourselves. american participation in the great war was the beginning of our majority in world affairs. in the half - century that has since elapsed, a fundamental shift of the international balance has taken place, with the sites of power spreading outward from europe to the periphery. the governing seat vacated by the collapse of britain has been taken - not without kicking and protesting against our fate - by this country. on the outbreak of war in 1914 the prevailing american attitude was one of self - congratulation that it was none of our affair, and there was a fixed intention that it should not become so. in classic summary - appropriately from a small town in the heart of the midwest - the plan dealer of wabash, indiana, stated ale never appreciated so keenly as now the foresight of our fathers in emigrating from europe. newspaper cartoons habitually depicted uncle sam separated by a large body of water from a far - off, furiously squabbling group of little figures; in one case reminding himself that the chance of his life was to sit tight, keep his hands in his pockets and his mouth shut. in another case standing shoulder to shoulder with president wilson. which statement best describes the main idea of paragraph 5, which begins for wilson, in how we entered world war i? wilson presented a case for entering world war i based on the desire to retaliate against germany. the economy of the united states improved greatly after the ban on trade was removed. once the people of the united states realized that the war would carry on, they became more involved. the people of the country sided with the allies long before the united states entered the war.

Explanation:

Se debe analizar el párrafo 5 del texto "How We Entered World War I" de Barbara Tuchman para identificar la idea principal. Sin conocer el párrafo 5 específicamente, pero basándonos en el contexto general del texto que habla sobre la participación de EE. UU. en la Primera Guerra Mundial y la postura inicial de aislamiento, la idea más probable es que se trate de la participación creciente de los estadounidenses una vez que se dio cuenta de que la guerra continuaría.

Answer:

Once the people of the United States realized that the war would carry on, they became more involved.