In
April
1917
,
the
United
States
faced
a
difficult
decision
:
remain
____________________
in
the
Great
War
or
join
the
____________________
in
their
fight
against
the
Central
Powers
.
The
United
States
had
managed
to
maintain
its
____________________
during
the
nearly
three
years
of
bloody
conflict
;
however
,
this
neutral
status
had
not
been
easily
maintained
,
and
actions
on
both
sides
of
the
Atlantic
had
been
edging
the
country
closer
to
the
brink
of
____________________
.
Just
a
few
months
later
,
on
May
7
,
1915
,
the
British
passenger
liner
____________________
was
____________________
and
sunk
by
a
____________________
____________________
,
killing
nearly
1
,
200
people
,
128
of
whom
were
____________________
.
Again
President
____________________
navigated
the
country
away
from
war
,
asserting
that
maintaining
____________________
was
the
best
possible
course
of
action
.
On
February
25
,
1917
,
the
situation
for
the
United
States
changed
dramatically
with
the
discovery
and
release
of
the
____________________
telegram
.
The
note
,
from
a
high
official
in
the
German
government
to
the
German
ambassador
to
____________________
,
revealed
that
Germany
intended
to
resume
unrestricted
____________________
warfare
?
and
proposed
an
alliance
with
____________________
should
the
United
States
enter
the
war
.
In
return
,
____________________
would
get
back
____________________
and
other
lost
territories
.
The
telegram
was
published
by
American
newspapers
,
and
anti
-
____________________
sentiment
boiled
over
.
At
this
point
,
after
years
of
debating
continued
neutrality
in
the
face
of
devastating
human
loss
,
President
____________________
was
convinced
that
war
was
inevitable
.
When
____________________
asked
Congress
for
a
declaration
of
____________________
on
April
2
,
1917
,
the
applause
was
deafening
.
