Question

The Joint Resolution below was passed by Congress on April 6, 1917.

Therefore be it resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government.

Which event led to this Joint Resolution?

the German invasion of Poland

the United States had a defensive alliance with Britain and France

submarine attacks on American ships

a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon

Answer 1

Submarine attacks as the Germans were destroying their ships to give Britain supplies

Answer 2

C. Submarine attacks on American Ships

Step-by-step explanation:

Four days earlier, on April 2, President Woodrow Wilson addressed a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war on Imperial Germany. Among his reasons for war was Germany’s failure to comply with its promise to halt unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic. Continued German attacks upon merchant shipping brought Wilson to insist that “warfare against commerce is a warfare against mankind.”