World War I was a global cataclysm that toppled centuries-old
dynasties and launched ""the American century."" Yet at the outset
few Americans saw any reason to get involved in yet another
conflict among the crowned heads of Europe. Despite its declared
neutrality, the U.S. government gradually became more sympathetic
with the Allies, until President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to
declare war on Germany to ""make the world safe for democracy." Key
to this shift in policy and public opinion was
""Anglo-Saxonism""-the belief that the English-speaking peoples
were inherently superior and fit for world leadership. Just before
the war, British and American elites set aside former disputes and
recognized their potential for dominating the international stage.
By casting Germans as "barbarians" and spreading stories of
atrocities, the Wilson administration persuaded the
public-including millions of German Americans-that siding with the
Allies was a just cause.
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