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Why did the US Congress agree to war with Germany

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America Declares War on Germany, 1917. At 8:30 on the evening of April 2, 1917, President Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germany in order to "make the world safe for democracy."
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