On April 2nd, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. He is quoted as saying, "The world must be made safe for democracy."
President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2, 1917. On April 6, 1917, the United States Congress declared war upon the German Empire; on April 2, President Woodrow Wilson had asked a special joint session of Congress for this declaration.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. In April 1917, Wilson asked Congress to declare war. With 50 Representatives and 6 Senators in opposition, the declaration of war by the United States against Germany was passed by the Congress on April 4, 1917, and was approved by the President on April 6, 1917.
April 6, 1917
The United States Congress officially declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917. President Woodrow Wilson asked for a declaration on April 2.
In 1917 Congress passed the Literacy Test Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
According to the Constitution, only Congress can formally declare war. In the case you mention, Congress declared war against 'Imperial Germany' on April 6, 1917 in a Joint Resolution. President Woodrow Wilson gave his approval of the declaration.
The US Constitution provides that the congress shall declare war. The congress declared war on Germany when Woodrow Wilson was president in 1917 and when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president in 1941.
When Germany started unrestricted submarine warfare on all international shipping, President Wilson regarded these measures as acts of war. He ask Congress to declare war on Germainy in April 1917.
President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany in April 1917 primarily due to Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, which threatened American lives and commerce. The sinking of ships like the Lusitania and the continued attacks on American vessels inflamed public opinion and raised concerns about national security. Additionally, Wilson aimed to make the world "safe for democracy," believing that U.S. involvement was essential for a just peace and to counteract autocratic regimes.
President Wilson asked congress to declare war on Germany and entered the alied side of the conflict in 1917.
The United States did not enter World War I until April 1917. It was April 2, 1917 that President Wilson requested a declaration of war. The resolution passed 4 days later.
6 April 1917