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President Wilson declares Neutrality in the Great War to avoid it and to keep trade with everyone.
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Germany, who was savy with naval submarine warfare with their U-Boats, sank the Lusitania, a French trade ship with 128 Americans on board. Needleess to say, President Wilson was not pleased.
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America, desperate to keep their neutrality, signed the Sussex Pledge to not join the war on the case that Germany stop sinking trade ships.
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America's tolerance for Germany was waning after the Kaiser of Germany announce he would end the Sussex Pledge.
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On this day, Great Britain revealed the Zimmerman note to America, which was a Telegram document fro Germany asking Mexico to join them and attack America in exchange for land.
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From March 16-18th, 3 American trade ships were targeted and sunken by German U-Boats, the "City of Memphis", "Illinois", and "Vigilancia", and it put President Woodrow Wilson on the edge of his seat.
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Woodrow Wilson decided that the sinking of the "City of Memphis", "Illinois", and "Vigilancia" was the breaking point, so he went to Congress to declare war on the Great Powers. It was a resounding "yes", with a unanimous 82-6 Vote for War.
