HIST 2112 Lecture 12: 10:06:2016
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2/3 of both houses; of the states. The tennessee showdown: [one dude in] tn is the deciding vote!! The us stayed out of the war from 1914 until early 1917. The overwhelming sentiment was for america to stay out of the war. This became increasingly difficult as the us became an arsenal for the uk and france. Western front: in france; french and uk troops are put there. Most americans sided with uk and france. Russia at the time was on the same side. It had ties with great britain because one of the members of the royal family had married a. Wilson wanted to stay out of the war for two reasons. Germany had made a gamble to prevent us ship from reaching great britain or. They did this using the u-boat (submarine) lusitania . They said that they would use unrestricted submarine warfare. They assumed that the us would declare war.
