The Great Seal of the United States of America

Told Through the Headlines of America's Newspapers

	February 1, 1917 GERMANY BEGINS RUTHLESS SEA WARFARE:       DRAWS 'BARRED ZONES' AROUND THE ALLIES;            CRISIS CONFRONTS THE UNITED STATES February 4, 1917 RELATIONS WITH GERMANY ARE BROKEN OFF;       AMERICAN SHIP HOUSATONIC SUNK, CREW SAFE;            MILITIA CALLED OUT; GERMAN SHIPS SEIZED
	February 28, 1917 PRESIDENT FINDS THE LACONIA'S SINKING AN 'OVERT ACT';      AWAITS FULL POWER FROM CONGRESS BEFORE TAKING ACTION... March 1, 1917 GERMANY SEEKS AN ALLIANCE AGAINST US;       ASKS JAPAN AND MEXICO TO JOIN HER;            FULL TEXT OF HER PROPOSAL MADE PUBLIC
	March 16, 1917 REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA; CZAR ABDICATES... March 19, 1917 THREE AMERICAN SHIPS SUNK, ONE UNWARNED, 22 MEN MISSING;      U-BOATS REFUSE AID; MILITIA DEMOBILIZATION IS STOPPED            AND RAILROAD STRIKE ABANDONED ON PRESIDENT'S ORDER
	April 3, 1917 PRESIDENT CALLS FOR WAR DECLARATION, STRONGER NAVY, NEW ARMY OF 500,000 MEN, FULL COOPERATION WITH GERMANY'S FOES April 5, 1917 SENATE, 82 TO 6, ADOPTS WAR DECLARATION;       HOUSE ACTS TODAY;            BERLIN FEARS OUR INFLUENCE ON RUSSIA April 6, 1917 HOUSE, AT 3:12 AM, VOTES FOR WAR, 372 TO 50...       NATIONS GIGANTIC RESOURCES MOBILIZED
	April 29, 1917 CONGRESS PASSES DRAFT BILL:       HOUSE, 397 TO 24; SENATE, 81 TO 8...            REGISTRATION ON JUNE 5;
	May 19, 1917 PRESIDENT CALLS THE NATION TO ARMS;       REGULARS UNDER PERSHING TO GO TO FRANCE

To read the story of America's long-term shift from Neutrality to Intervention...visit the Relevance Archives for an article on the subject by Website Editor, Mike Hanlon Sources and thanks: Ray Mentzer provided all the photo except the Zimmerman Telegram which came from the Library of Congress American Memory Website. MH

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