1. Germany responded to make the decision to wage unrestricted submarine warfare and sinking all ships, including American ships, in the war zone.
2. The fact that a group of Midwestern senators filibustered this request demonstrated the isolationist state of mind of most Americans.
3. When Americans intercepted the Zimmerman telegram on March 1, 1917, they caught Germany in the act of proposing an alliance between itself and Mexico.
4. The Americans had a reason for not joinig the war which was because Russia was currently under a despot, the Czar, and the Americans did not want to fight with a despot.
5. Wilson asked and was given permission to go to war on April 2, 1917.
6. In later years, a myth developed. People started to say that America was dragged into the war by Wall Street bankers. This was incorrect because it really was dragged into the war from trading with the people already in the war.
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