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Declaration of Neutrality- President Wilson procllaimed the US a neutral country, to protect investments and the US government tried to act as a peacemaker
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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
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Sussex pledge- pledge by German government that submaries would warn ships before attacking them
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End of Sussex Pledge- Germans told US their pledge would end and resume to submarine warfare the next day
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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
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City of Memphis, Illinois and Vigilancia all US ships sunk by Germans
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Declaration for War- President's Cabinet voted for war after 3 ships sank, President Wilson signed it