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The British seized some 400 American merchant ships and their cargoes between 1807 and 1812. -
Germany used illegal submarine warfare to attack U.S ships, but this ship had civilians on it. It was sunk because Germany felt they had the right to attack enemy ships who carried guns and ammunition (anyone considered a threat) -
Germany used illegal submarine warfare to sink passing ships who they saw as a threat. Germany than sunk the U.S ship that were carrying cargo and civilians.
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The Zimmerman Telegram was proof of the German government's intent to “stir up enemies against us at our very doors.” -
Adolf Hitler knew that both France and Britain were militarily stronger than Germany. However, He therefore decided to break another aspect of the Treaty of Versailles by sending German troops into the Rhineland -
Full-scale war between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China.
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Mass killings and the ravaging of Chinese citizens and capitulated soldiers by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army
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In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. -
prohibited the shipping of arms to nations at war, including the victims of aggression. This would reduce the possibility of maritime attacks on American vessels.
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Acted upon by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the American naval base at Pearl Harbor . -
Paved the way for Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to invade and occupy Poland that September