 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muzvokwadi, kana hondo yeU.S. kana kuti Navy yeU.S. yakanga isiri mumamiriro okurwisana maererano nevashandi, ukuru, zvombo zvechiuto kana ruzivo. Mauto ehondo aiva nezvikepe zvakanaka asi Wilson akanga achizvishandisa kutyisidzira Mexico, uye kugadzirira kwechikepe kwakanga kwaderera. Vashandi veTexas neNew York, ngarava mbiri dzehondo itsva uye dzakakura zvikurusa, vakanga vasati vambopfura pfuti, uye vashandi vomungarava vakanga vakaderera. Mauto ehondo neehondo air force akanga ari maduku zvikuru. Pasinei zvapo nomufashamo wamasisitimu matsva ezvombo akabudiswa pachena muhondo muEurope, Mauto akanga achipa ngwariro shomanene. Somuenzaniso, rakanga risiri kuita fundo dzehondo yomumapako, gasi rine chepfu kana kuti matangi, uye rakanga risingazivani nokushanduka nokukurumidza kwehondo dzomumhepo. VaDemocrat muCongress vakaedza kucheka bhajeti rehondo muna 1915. Sangano rePreparedness rakashandisa zvinobudirira kushatirwa kukuru pamusoro peLusitania muna May 1915, kuchimanikidza maDemocrats kuvimbisa kuvandudzwa kune mauto ehondo nemauto ehondo. Wilson, asingatyi Navy, akagamuchira chirongwa chenguva refu chekuvaka chakagadzirirwa kuita kuti ngarava dzienzane neBritish Royal Navy pakati pe1920s, kunyange izvi zvisingazoitiki kusvikira Hondo Yenyika II. Realism yakanga ichishanda pano; vatungamiriri vengarava vakanga vari vaMahanians uye naizvozvo vaida ngarava dzepamusoro dzezvikepe zvehondo zvinorema zvisingaenzaniswi - ndiko kuti, zvakaenzana neGreat Britain. Maidi ehondo yapasi pegungwa iyo yaida magwa anoparadza, kwete ngarava dzehondo uye mikana yehondo iri pedyo neGermany kana neBritain, nokuda kwaikoku, zvakaregeredzwa zvimene. 