Contractors, Article 4. Classifications. 7058. (a) A specialty contractor is a contractor whose operations as such are the performance of construction work requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts.
On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. Germanyâs resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilsonâs decision to lead the United States into World War I.
After the United States threatened with war, Spain declared war on the United States. The sinking of the battleship USS Maine on February 15 1898 at 9:30 PM in Havana Harbor did not cause the war, but it focused American attention on Cuba; the call was for an immediate resolution to the Cuban situation.