America's entry into World War I is apparently peculiar in that it was perhaps the first instance in which the United States intervened militarily in any situation outside the context of American continental politics. Therefore, a change in foreign policy is quite noticeable and, in fact, a historical fact. Therefore, when analyzing the circumstances surrounding America's involvement in the “Great War,” it would be of utmost importance to examine the reasons behind this aforementioned change in policy. There are primarily two factors that appear to have accelerated this shift: an increase in economic ties with European nations and an adjustment in how the United States has decided how to interact with foreign powers. When examining these elements, one should also ask to what extent they support, or possibly betray, traditional American values, if at all. In essence, an increase in American strength and value attributed to trade with European economies, and a clear change in how Americans viewed themselves in the context of global affairs, appear to have been the major forces that may have initiated a change in foreign policy around the year 1917; both of which result in a potential deviation from traditional American values. When you consider the information relating to trade that existed between the United States and Europe, you find an interesting change in the amount of that interaction between the years of 1914 and 1916. These data demonstrate that trade with Great Britain went from $ 594 million in the first year to $1,527 million in the second; while the one with Germany fell from 345 million dollars to less than 1 million dollars. (Document B) Therefore,…half of the document…d examining statements made by such politicians – particularly, and in this case almost exclusively, Woodrow Wilson – that demonstrate a new impetus to intervene in nations outside the Americas to ensure peace, democracy and self-determination. Furthermore, regardless of whether these new intentions may exist for positive and truthful, or negative and elusive reasons, they were certainly not consistent with traditional American values ​​on foreign policy, as previous sentiments inherent in and precipitated by fundamental principles like the Monroe Doctrine are completely contradictory. So, in complete summary, one can arrive at two main conclusions: namely, that not only was this change caused by economic and ideological factors, but that these motivations deviated from previous feelings about America's involvement in foreign affairs..