USA HISTORY

Congress voted to declare war on Germany for several reasons. Which of these DID NOT contribute to Congress’s decision to declare war on Germany?

(A) The sinking of the Lusitania

(B) The Zimmerman note

(C) Germany’s submarine warfare

(D) ** Shared German ancestry

Concept note-1: -On April 6, 1917, Congress approved a resolution declaring war with Germany. The Senate approved the resolution by a vote of 82-6 on April 4, 1917.

Concept note-2: -On September 3, 1939, in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.

Concept note-3: -On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson delivered this address to a joint session of Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany. The resulting congressional vote brought the United States into World War I.