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X-WR-CALDESC:6 April 1917: The U.S. entered World War I. \n\nOn this day in
  1917\, Congress declared war on Germany\, marking U.S. entrance into a wa
 r that had been raging in Europe for more than three years. \n\nIn January
  1917\, German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sent a telegram to the 
 Imperial German Minister in Mexico to be delivered to the President of Mex
 ico. The telegram urged the president to start a war with the United State
 s. In return\, Germany would help Mexico regain land it had lost to the U.
 S. in the Mexican-American War\, namely\, Texas\, Arizona\, and New Mexico
 . The message also informed the president that Germany would begin unrestr
 icted submarine warfare on February 1. \n\nPresident Woodrow Wilson\, who 
 ran on campaigns dedicated to keep the U.S. from entering the war\, learne
 d of the telegram and its contents from the cryptologists in Room 40 of Ro
 yal Naval intelligence and was furious. Following a public outcry\, he ask
 ed Congress for a declaration of war against Germany on April 2\, 1917. Be
 low are some of his words to a joint session of Congress that day:\n\n'Wit
 h a profound sense of solemn and even tragical character of the step I am 
 taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves\, but in unhesi
 tating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty\, I advise that the
  Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to b
 e in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the U
 nited States... That it means to stir up enemies against us at our very do
 ors the intercepted [Zimmermann] note to the German Minister at Mexico Cit
 y is eloquent evidence.'\n\nCongress declared war on Germany on April 6.
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DESCRIPTION:6 April 1917: The U.S. entered World War I. \n\nOn this day in 
 1917\, Congress declared war on Germany\, marking U.S. entrance into a war
  that had been raging in Europe for more than three years. \n\nIn January 
 1917\, German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sent a telegram to the I
 mperial German Minister in Mexico to be delivered to the President of Mexi
 co. The telegram urged the president to start a war with the United States
 . In return\, Germany would help Mexico regain land it had lost to the U.S
 . in the Mexican-American War\, namely\, Texas\, Arizona\, and New Mexico.
  The message also informed the president that Germany would begin unrestri
 cted submarine warfare on February 1. \n\nPresident Woodrow Wilson\, who r
 an on campaigns dedicated to keep the U.S. from entering the war\, learned
  of the telegram and its contents from the cryptologists in Room 40 of Roy
 al Naval intelligence and was furious. Following a public outcry\, he aske
 d Congress for a declaration of war against Germany on April 2\, 1917. Bel
 ow are some of his words to a joint session of Congress that day:\n\n'With
  a profound sense of solemn and even tragical character of the step I am t
 aking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves\, but in unhesit
 ating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty\, I advise that the 
 Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be
  in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the Un
 ited States... That it means to stir up enemies against us at our very doo
 rs the intercepted [Zimmermann] note to the German Minister at Mexico City
  is eloquent evidence.'\n\nCongress declared war on Germany on April 6.
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SUMMARY:1917: U.S. entered World War I.
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