loss of 1,195 of the 1,959 aboard, including 123 Americans American response sent by President Woodrow Wilson
resignation Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan
sinking of the British passenger liner Arabic, August 19, 1915
Arabic pledge
sinking of French liner Sussex, March 24, 1916
Sussex pledge
National Defense Act (1916)
Provisions made for 175,000 men for an army and 450,000 for a National Guard
$500 million appropriated to strengthen U.S. Navy
Financed by the Revenue Act of 1916 that heavily taxed the wealthy for the first time
Attack on Columbus, New Mexico by Pancho Villa
American punitive expedition led by General John "Black Jack" Pershing
inability to capture Pancho Villa (March 1916 - February 1917)
U.S. purchase of Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million for strategic reasons
Zimmermann Telegram
The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.