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The United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917. President Woodrow Wilson asked a special joint session of the United States Congress for a declaration of war on April 2, 1917, passing in the Senate on the same day and then in the House of Representatives four days later on April 6. Wilson signed it into law on the same day.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, ... On April 2, 1917, Wilson addressed the U.S. Congress, asking for a declaration of war against Germany, ...
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asking U.S. Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2, 1917.. The United States entered into World War I on 6 April 1917, more than two and a half years after the war began in Europe.
The declaration of war by the United States against Germany passed Congress by strong bipartisan majorities on April 6, 1917, with opposition from ethnic German strongholds and remote rural areas in the South. The United States also later declared war against Austria-Hungary in December 1917.
Wilson asked Congress for "a war to end all wars" that would "make the world safe for democracy", and Congress voted to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917. [69] The US immediately provided money and more supplies, and a small military force.
Wilson then asked Congress for "a war to end all wars" that would "make the world safe for democracy", and Congress voted to declare war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917. [5] On December 7, 1917, the U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary. [6] [7] U.S. troops began arriving on the Western Front in large numbers in 1918. [citation needed]
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in a 1918 portrait. The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.
The 1917 State of the Union Address was given by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States on Tuesday, December 4, 1917, during his turbulent second term. He spoke in the United States House of Representatives chamber, in the United States Capitol. He said, "I shall not go back to debate the causes of the war.