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President Woodrow Wilson declared Neutrality in 1914 to avoid taking sides in the war.
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The Lusitania was a British u-boat that was sunk by Germans without warning.
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The sussex Pledge was made on May 4th, 1916 by the Germans stating that their submarines would warn before attacking.
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This was a proposal made to Mexico from Germany stating that if Mexico declared war on the United States, Germany would give Mexico U.S land.
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At the end of January Germany informed America it was going to end the Sussex Pledge. On February 3rd the United State broke off diplomatic relations with Germany.
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Germany sank City of Memphis, Illinois, Vigilancia, all three amaerican ships during March 16 through March 18th.
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A war resolution passed 82 to 6 in the senate and in the house 373 to 50. The president singed it on April 6th, 1917.
