The sinking of this British liner in May 1915 indirectly influenced the U.S. to enter WWI
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Sly Indoctrination: British and American Propaganda in World War I ...  When the major powers of Europe entered WWI in 1914, the United States ... Europe to the United States, Britain was able to influence American public ... came with the sinking of British passenger liner the Lusitania on May 7, 1915. .... Unfortunately, the indirect victims of this propaganda included the Germans in America.
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American entry into World War I - Wikipedia  On May 7, Germany torpedoed the British passenger liner RMS Lusitania, sinking her. This act of aggression caused the loss of 1,198 civilian lives, including...
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Why Did The US Enter WW1 - eNotes.com  Apr 1, 2008 ... Get an answer for 'Why did the United States enter World War I?' and find ... Even in May 1915, when a German submarine sank the British ocean liner ... something he did not think he could influence as a neutral observer.
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World War I Flashcards | Quizlet  -Industrialization: indirectly related. ... ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. ... British liner torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in May 1915. ... 1915. fearing the US would enter war after the sinking of Lusitania Germans promised not to sink unarmed cruise liners.
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Lusitania - World War I - HISTORY.com  On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across ... a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en ... pass before the United States formally entered World War I, but the sinking of...
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Titanic sinks - Apr 15, 1912 - HISTORY.com  ... on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean ... The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and crew, had struck an .... Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington the night before,...
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Sinking of the RMS Lusitania - Wikipedia  The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during ... The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 .... On 4 February 1915 Germany declared the seas around the British Isles a war ..... Within six minutes, Lusitania's forecastle began to submerge.
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THE LUSITANIA AFFAIR  Mar 25, 2015 ... When the ship was sunk it was carrying passengers from New York to Liverpool. ... In response to the British naval blockade, the Germans announced on ... The German Admiralty notice read as follows (reproduced from New ... There is a rather defiant headline in the New York Times of May 2, 1915: Sails...
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Sinking of the RMS Lusitania - Wikipedia  The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during ... The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in .... On 4 February 1915 Germany declared the seas around the British Isles a ...... A record exists that Crewman Jack Roper wrote to Cunard in 1919...
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Sinking of the RMS Lusitania - Wikipedia  The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during ... The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 minutes. .... of 694, she carried 1,265 passengers, mostly British nationals as well as a large number of Canadians, along with 128 Americans.
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First World War.com - Feature Articles - RMS Lusitania: The Fateful ...  In an earlier voyage, he narrowly missed hitting a hospital ship with a torpedo. ... the Atlantic voyage are reminded that a state of war exists between Germany and her ... On May 1st, 1915, the Lusitania embarked on its 202nd crossing of the Atlantic ... At about 1:30pm, just after the passengers had eaten their lunch, Captain...
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World War I facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  The other reflects a greater focus on Wilson's decision making and is put ..... especially Great Britain and the United States, to work together to prevent the ... The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I, 1968. .... given greater access to raw materials, workers, fuel, and transportation than those...
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How The Sinking Of The Lusitania Heralded An Entirely New Kind Of ...  That German U-boats might sink a luxury liner of such stature and renown was an ... On May 7, 1915, as it was traveling from New York to Liverpool, Lusitania .... from the Senate because he had stated that the Lusitania carried munitions. ... of rifle ammunition and shrapnel shells weighing about 173 tons,...
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Lusitania - World War I - HISTORY.com  When Germany torpedoes a British passenger ship believed to be ... On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route ... Britain, however, was one of America's closest trading partners, and tension...
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8 Famous People Who Missed the Lusitania | History | Smithsonian  May 1, 2013 ... On May 7, 1915, the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German ... by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland, with the loss of nearly 1,200 lives. ... Though the U.S. didn't officially enter the war until 1917, the sinking of the...
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American entry into World War I - Wikipedia  The American entry into World War I came in April 1917, after two and a half years of efforts by ... The British Royal Navy successfully stopped the shipment of most war ..... Nevertheless, close to 1,000 Irish-born Americans died fighting with the U.S. ... Irish-Americans dominated the Democratic party in many large cities so...
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jeopardy/1610_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  WORLD WAR I | On May 8, 1915 the New York Times headline read: This British liner "sunk by a submarine" | the Lusitania. right: Ken. Wrong: Joe: What is the...
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TIL the RMS Lusitania, the ship whose sinking was the deciding ...  Sep 19, 2013 ... Lusitania departed Pier 54 in New York on 1 May 1915." ... Sinking a passenger liner because it also carried war supplies seems like a serious provocation. ..... had 5,400 cases of ammunition that would be used to kill German soldiers. ... A person next to him reads a newspaper with the headline "U Boat...
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The Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915 - EyeWitness to History  The sinking of the luxury liner off the Irish coast. ... On May 1, 1915, the ship departed New York City bound for Liverpool. ... the menace of submarine attack reduced her passenger list to only half her ... On May 7, the ship neared the coast of Ireland. At 2:10 in the afternoon a torpedo fired by the German submarine U 20...
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Who Sunk the Lusitania and Pushed America to World War I ...  Feb 15, 2016 ... On April 9, 1915, the Germans sunk the French steamer, the Sussex, and two Americans died. ... But the same Wilson remained silent throughout Britain's blockade, which .... The Lusitania was indeed carrying loads of ammunition: 600 guns of gun cotton, ..... On May 7, the ship neared the coast of Ireland.
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The Attacks on U. S. Shipping that Precipitated American Entry into ...  German submarines sank nine American ships, and one other, lost to a mine, ... By contrast to the more famous earlier attacks on British passenger ... sunk by a submarine in warfare. ... New York Times, 21 February 1917; The date of Housatonic departure is ... Sea Visitor Unheralded, New York Times, 8 October 1916. 11.