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It blockaded the German coast to prevent weapons and the other military supplies from getting through.
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Germany repsonded to the British blockade with a counterblockade by U boats any ship found in waters around Britian would be sunk. The Lusitania went down off the southern coast of Ireland. 1,198 persons lost and 128 were americans.
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3 moths later a U boat sank another British liner drowning to americans.
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Germany broke its promise and torpedoed an unarmed French passenger steamer. 80 passengers including americans were killed or injured.
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A key reason the United States entered the conflict.
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Wilson campaigned a slogan saying "He kept us out of war". Hughes pledged to uphold americans right to freedom of the seas but also promise not to be severe on Germany.
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A peace between equals in which neither side would impose harsh terms on the other. Wilson hoped that all nations would join in a "league for peace".
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Proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war agianst the United States.
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The Germans sunk four unarmed american merchant ships, with the loss of 36 lives.
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The people of Russia thought that he was the last signifiant obsticle that they had to remove.
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WIlson gives his message on war in the capital building with his fellow ambassadors, senators, and representatives.
