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1 Americans Prepare for War
Chapter 23, Section 2

2 Background Information
Many Americans sympathized with former homelands Viewed WWI as a European Conflict Many Americans did not want to enter the war

3 Neutral President Woodrow Wilson
declared that America would be neutral But merchants continued to trade with Europe, mostly the Allies

4 Germany Attacks German U-Boats tried to stop supplies
May 1915 Germany attacked the Lusitania, a British passenger liner 1,200 people were killed 128 Americans killed

5 March 1916, U-Boat attacked the Sussex, a French passenger ship
80 Americans killed

6 Congress Declares War Zimmerman Note
Secret telegram to Mexico sent by Germany Proposed an alliance against the United States Promised Mexico to win back land Congress declared war on April 6, 1917

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