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germans sunk british passnger ship with american passengers on it, therefore causing an act of war against the united states.
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germany anounces their submarine campaign
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the germans declare unrestricted warfare on all ships that would be armed
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on april 18th,1916 president wilson send a list of demands to germany, saying that if they did not stop attacking passenger ships, then the U.S would sever relations.
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kaiser agreed to wilsons demands upon stopping the attacks on ships, only because he did not have enough subs to risk war.
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right after wilson was elected again, reports were heard on germany renewing unrestricted submarine warfare.
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wislon attempted to tell both sides to state their war aims, allies wanted to negotiate privately and only if germany would follow reasonable actions also.
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wilson gave a speech stating his ambitious aims, and he was pushing for peace with all nations.
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german ambassador said that all ships would be shot on sight no matter what. this caused tension.
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germany sent mexico a telegram trying to get them to declare war on america, this was intercepted by britain and shown to the U.S. this was yet another act of war against us.
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wilson demanded that all merchant ships be armed with weapons.
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when they knew ships were armed, the germans u-boats sank 5 merchant ships. this was the final straw.
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wilson asked for a declaration of war, and he recieved it.
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the main type of tactics used during this war was trench warfare, they dug their trenchs only about a hundred yards apart and went at it, this was very harsh.
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wilson created his fourtenn points, and they came to a conclusion with other countries that this would be a good srt of guidelines to fllow for further peace.
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the germans launched a huge assualt to the western front, this took a toll on the allied forces.
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american forces blocked germans at this town and haulted this massive assault.
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germans gave everything they had to get to paris, but they did not succeed and were stopped at marne. everyone knew the war was over by now.
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germans looked to wilson for armistice, and at the end of the month, turkey,bulgaria, and austria-hungary were out of the war, and now even germany.
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germany looked to wilson for armistice, by end of the month 3 countries were out of the war.
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many countries met to set guidelines for peace and consequences for germany. wilsons fourteen points were basicallyabandoned except for the league of nations idea.
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treaty of versailles was finished up, and wilson brught it back home for advison by congress, they never ended up passing it but war never broke ut again.
