... the United States entered World War I was because of the unrestricted submarine warfare imposed by Germany, the Zimmerman Telegram, bank loans, or a seat at the Peace Conference wanted by President Wilson. The United States entered the war because of all the propaganda created by the British media. The Zimmerman Telegram was a note written by the German Foreign Secretary, Arthur Zimmerman, to ... 1,250 passengers die, including 128 Americans. The American people were mad because the vessel held American passengers and was unarmed. The Germans claimed that the Lusitania was carrying muni...

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... make a deal with. Not only does loyalty play a huge factor in economics, but so does selfishness. Europe's selfishness truly downgraded their self-image as the years went on. Like President Wilson said in his 14 points, "the world be made fit and safe to live in...and fair dealing by the other peoples of the world as against force and ... ...

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... wars" had just ended. American soldiers had fought, 112,432 had died and the victors returned home glad to be free and separate from the horrors they had seen. Woodrow Wilson's "peace without victory" plan that became known as the Fourteen Points, a desire to place the U.S. in the forefront of the peace settlement in Europe, was never ratified and America never ... ...

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... in. These were the brave men that occupied France and fought along with the allies against the invading German armies. This was not the original plan for the AEF. President Wilson had originally planned to scare the Germans out of the war by declaring war on them; the fighting was going to be left up to the allied forces. The idea ... ...

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... yet took place in what came to be known as Kristallnacht. Thirty thousand Jews were arrested and anti-Jewish violence peaked. In protest, President Roosevelt ordered the American ambassador, Hugh Wilson, to return to Washington, but refused to impose diplomatic or economic sanctions on the Nazi government8. Roosevelt publicly denounced Nazi brutality, saying that he could scarcely believe the Nazi barbarism ... ...

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... this is: "the offspring of this more or less standard artificial fertilization procedure wouldn't be a mammoth. However, over time selective breeding could wring out all the elephant traits, producing a mammoth" (Wilson). Although this is an interesting thought, it probably isn't a very realistic one. Earth would be much different if mammoths and mastodons were still roaming around. It is unfortunate that they ... ...

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... urging laws to restrict immigration. A succession of laws were passed adding restrictions to immigration policy. A literacy test for immigrants was passed and became law over the veto of President Woodrow Wilson. Emergency legislation in 1921 imposed a quota system, limiting the number of immigrants from Europe to 3 percent of the number of foreign-born members of that same nationality in the U.S. during ... ...

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... in the area were thought to be of the same age. While Ramapithecus was first believed to the first human like hominid dating back almost 30 million years ago Allan Wilson and Vincent Sarich objected to this and conducted their own study concluding that Ramapithecus was indeed only around 10 million years old (Leaky, The Origin Of Humankind 9). Their study also ... ...

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... lettering and striping. Some of the earlier known master decorators of shaving mugs were Wilhelm Reidel, who had a flourishing shaving mug decorating business in New York, and was listed in Wilson's New York Business Directory in 1884. William Haehnel, who arrived in this country from Germany in 1889, and took over the business when Reidel died the Barbers' mutual a trade paper ... ...

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... in parliament on the terms on the joining. This was not the end of problems for Britain in Europe by a long way. In 1975 a referendum was held under PM Harold Wilson on whether Britain should remain in the EEC. The referendum came out with a yes vote. When Thatcher came to power in 1979 further problems ensued and evidence for Britain being ... ...

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