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Wilson Declares U.S. neutrality
Reflect strong public opinion -
Germany puts a blockade around england
US gave good to england, germans resume submarine warfare. Most provacative thing they did -
Lusitania Sank
Sunk by a German ship off the cost of Ireland -
Arabic Pledge
Germans promise not to sink ships that are unarmed -
Election of 1916
Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) wins the election. He wins against Hughes, mainly for him promise to be neutral in the war -
Wilson calls for "peace without victory"
Frustrated with his efforts to mediate a peace, Wilson becomes convinced that both sides needed to cease hostilities -
Zimmerman Telegram is discovered
Minister Zimmerman sends Mexico a telegraph telling them if they get on Germany's side in the war that they can have their land back. US intercepts this. -
Wilson asks congress for greater powers
Senate refuses to give him naval powers -
Wilson asks for declaration of war
"The world must be made safe for democracy" -
14 points declared
Wilson lists his goals for a war-free world, including the league of nations