President Woodrow Wilson stated "The world must be safe for democracy." The German government was considered a "natural foe of liberty." No important decisions could be made because of different nationalities and ethnic groups living in the America at the time. This lifestyle caused corruption in the laws being put into place. Germany made decisions the U.S did not agree with, and it eventually led them to join the war. America was only in the war for a short time, but they still sacrificed a lot for the effort.