WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Germany sank four United States merchant ships.
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Russia withdrew from the Allied side.
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Mexico made the Zimmermann note public.
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Allied armies appeared near collapse.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The US entered World War I because Germany embarked on a deadly gamble. Germany sank many American merchant ships around the British Isles which prompted the American entry into the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1917, USA entered World War 1, after repeated warnings given to Germany, as it was sinking merchant ships and later, Germany sunk Houstanic, an american boat, after that event President called for a declaration of war against Germany and was granted by the congress. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-4: -Their ability to submerge and to surprise enemies led to massive casualties: Germany and Austria-Hungary sank almost 5, 000 merchant ships during World War I, killing approximately 15, 000 Allied sailors.
Detailed explanation-5: -A German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned steamship Lusitania, killing 1, 195 people including 128 Americans, on May 7, 1915. The disaster set off a chain of events that led to the U.S. entering World War I.