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President wilson asked for a declaration of war from Congress after 4 more unarmed merchant ships were sunk.
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The Espionage Act of 1917 sought to prevent support of U.S. enemies during wartime.
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Although President Wilson initially opposed a draft, he eventually realized that a draft was necessary to raise the large army that was to be sent to France. Congress passed the draft act.
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Wilson delivered his Fourteen Points Address to Congress. The message declared that WWI was being fought for a moral cause and it called for post-war peace in Europe. The message gave Wilson the position of moral leadership of the Allies.
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Workers were discouraged from striking by the War Department's decree that threatened to draft any unemployed male.
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Germany surrendered after the kaiser of Germany had fled to Holland.
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The Sedition Act of 1918 made it illegal to speak out against the government. Socialist Eugene V. Debs and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) leader William D. Haywood were convicted under the Espionage Act.
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The greatest strike in American history hit the steel industry.
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After men left the country to fight in the war, women took up the factory and field jobs. Impressed by this work, President Wilson supported passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave all American women the right to vote.
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Wilson decided to settle the treaty issue in the presidential campaign if voters elected a Democrat, then this would mean they supported the treaty.