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  • the sinking of the Lusitania (passenger ship that was thought to be carrying arms to Britain) by a German u boat.
  • supposed telegrams from Germany to Mexico saying that if Mexico helped Germany subdue America then they would be given lands that were formally theirs back again. This was however thought by historians to be a ruse by the British to lure the Americans into war.
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