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President Wilson tried for the first few years of the war to keep out of the war and stay "neutral". In 1917 however Germany began to attack any commercial ship headed towards Britain. This included US ships so Congress declared war on December 5th, 1917.

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He didn't want to specifically go to war he wanted to stay neutral although Germany was pushing it's limits with the zimmerman telegram and the sinking of the U.S.S Lusitania.

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