Declaration of Neutrality- President Wilson procllaimed the US a neutral country, to protect investments and the US government tried to act as a peacemaker
The Lusitania, a British passenger liner, was fired upon by a German U-boat and killed almost 1,200 passengers, 128 of them were American
Sussex pledge- pledge by German government that submaries would warn ships before attacking them
End of Sussex Pledge- Germans told US their pledge would end and resume to submarine warfare the next day
Zimmermann Note- a telegram sent by German government to Mexican officials proposing ot be allies and told Mexico to declare war on US in return to get US land
City of Memphis, Illinois and Vigilancia all US ships sunk by Germans
Declaration for War- President's Cabinet voted for war after 3 ships sank, President Wilson signed it
