Rough Drafts 8/15

A century ago, World War I was raging across Europe. Revolution had erupted in Mexico and China, and Ireland and Russia would soon boil over in revolt as well. Since the end of the Civil War, the United States, fueled by its industrial revolution, had been aggressively broadening its hegemony beyond the Western Hemisphere, challenging European and Asian powers for greater access to markets for its raw and manufactured goods. As President Woodrow Wilson struggled to keep America out of the Gre