On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare ... and began to write his speech asking Congress to declare war on Germany. He would open by talking about the German submarine fleet.

The world is at war. In Washington, the British ambassador to the United States, Sir Cecil Spring Rice, writes a letter to a ...

December: Thomas Woodrow Wilson is born in Staunton ... In violation of these acts, Eugene Debs is charged with making an anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio. July 16: Less than a year after seizing ...

Woodrow Wilson’s determination to stay out of the war in Europe reflected principles that are still deeply held by Americans today Save Comment speech bubble icon ...