the British passenger ship called the Lusitania was sunk by a German u-boat on May 7, 1915 a couple months after Germany warned that any ship venturing through the 'war zone' would be sunk. The ship contained approximately 1200 passengers and of that 1200 passengers 128 were Americans. The British steamship Falaba was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on March 28, 1915, the date specified in the question, and slightly earlier than the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915.
Germany was a monarchy, which didn't appeal to many Americans democratic ideals
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No. The sinking of the British Cunard ocean liner (passenger ship) RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 off the coast of Ireland during the First World War, as Germany waged unrestricted submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The ship carried 1,924 civilian passengers & crew and was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 minutes. Of the 1,119 men, women & children that were killed, 114 were Americans.
The imperial ambitions of Germany worried those with trading ties to Europe, and Germany had targeted the shipping of neutral nations such as the US.
Germany was afraid that America would go into war, and they were afraid of America.
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Germany didn't have to torpedoed a passenger ship even if it was smuggling weapons. And the Zimmerman telegraph offered Mexico their land that they had lost and had been taken from America and this message came from Germany which made USA join the war because Germany wanted to attack them.
the British passenger ship called the Lusitania was sunk by a German u-boat on May 7, 1915 a couple months after Germany warned that any ship venturing through the 'war zone' would be sunk. The ship contained approximately 1200 passengers and of that 1200 passengers 128 were Americans. The British steamship Falaba was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on March 28, 1915, the date specified in the question, and slightly earlier than the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915.
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Two primary factors: Germany torpedoed the Lusitania, and the 1917 Zimmerman telegram to Mexico.
Late on September 3, 1939, Germany struck the first blow against Britain to bring action in response to Britain's declaration of war on Germany. A German submarine torpedoed and sunk the passenger liner called the Athenia. 1400 passengers were on that ship leaving Liverpool and headed for Montreal. Luckily only 112 passengers died.
On May 7, 1915, a British passenger ship carrying 128 Americans and 4200 cases of ammunition was sunk by a German U-boat. American lives were lost. This incident infuriated many Americans who now called for war. President Wilson sent a pair of notes to Germany, asking for reparitions and a promise that passenger ships would not be sunk. In February 1916, Germany apologized. THE Lusitania
The Lusitania was a victim of Germany's U-boats during their policy of unrestricted submarine warfare before WWI. The sinking of the Lusitania was a main reason why the United States entered into WWI.
Germany's Unrestricted Submarine Warfare happened to Bomb an American Passenger ship called the Lustania, causing the Americans to feel enraged, thus joining the Allied Powers against Germany.
Germany was a monarchy, which didn't appeal to many Americans democratic ideals