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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

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Woodrow Wilson gives a Speech declaring the U.S neutral "in fact and in name"

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- germany introduced the new naval weapon, the submarine
- germany created a blockade near the British Isles and declared the area a war zone
- they warned that anyone who entered risked being sunk

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-German torpedoes sunk a British passenger line, the Lusitania
-first major threat to American neutrality
-most passengers drowned, 128 being Americans
-Wilson issued a harsh diplomatic message threatening Germany if they acted like this again

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Two Americans lost their lives when a German submarine attacked another passenger ship, the Arabic. The Germans after this event pledged that no unarmed passenger ships would be sunk without warning.

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A German torpedo struck an unarmed merchant ship, the Sussex, which injured several passengers. Germany backed down after because they were afraid for the Americans to join the war on the British side.

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The US economy was tied closely to Great Britain and France, and because, and trading with them in 1914 helped them get out of a recession. Because of the British blockade preventing trade with Germany, the US was only trading with the allied forces

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- Woodrow Wilson only won 1912 election because Republicans were split between Taft and Roosevelt
- Roosevelt turned down the Progressive Party's nomination  in 1916
- Charles Evans Hughes republican candidate
- Using the "He kept us out of War" as his slogan, Wilson won by a narrow margin.

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The Zimmerman telegram sent from Germany to Mexico is intercepted by British intelligence, who alerts the U.S. that Germany has proposed to ally with Mexico in exchange for helping Mexico recover lost territories.

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Russian revolutionaries overthrew the czar's government and proclaimed a republic, which made U.S. being allies with Russia acceptable for the "triumph of democracy."

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U.S. Congress declares war on Germany