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Authors Linda Salvucci and Sterling Stuckey state “He [Arthur Zimmermann] told the German minister in Mexico that Germany would help Mexico “reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona”. The telegram, known as the Zimmermann Note, outraged the American public (Call To Freedom textbook, pg. 333) This explains why the American public was not exactly opposed to the idea of war.

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President Woodrow Wilson stated that the sinking of the British ship the Lusitania was "a violation not only of international law but of the fundamental decencies of civilization” (Call To Freedom textbook pg. 332) This shows that he had motive to enter the war.

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President Woodrow Wilson said in a speech he made before Congress on August 19th, 1914 "The United States must be neutral in fact, as well as in name, during these days that are to try men’s souls. We must be impartial in thought as in action”. (Reading Like A Historian) This shows that the President was trying to remain neutral, but later evidence shows that he eventually just entered the war.