the flag they carried. Officials in Berlin simply labeled these instances as "mistakes" (American Pageant‚ 699). The treacherous sinking of the Lusitania proved to be the last straw in provoking the American government to war. The attack came without any warning‚ which led to the deaths of over 1‚500 people‚ including 150 Americans. There is no justification to sinking passenger ships or cargo ships carrying medical supplies to the European countries (Viewpoint 1‚ 105). Germany’s blockade of Britain
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countries would halt trade with Britain as that would result in huge economic losses. Several merchant ships including the British ship Lusitania were mercilessly and unjustly shot down by German U-Boat submarines. The Lusitania was principally a passenger ship and 1‚201 innocent people onboard including 128 Americans were murdered by the submarine attack. Furious at the sinking of neutral merchant ships‚ the United States pressured German politicians into ceasing their submarine attacks in September 1915
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ships carrying food and war material that was being sent to Britain. Germany’s naval policy allowed U-boats to sink any ships even if they were not war ships. The U-boats began sinking American merchant ships with American seamen in them. Another boat that was sunk by the U-boats was the cruise ship the Lusitania‚ the Lusitania went by a war zone and a German submarine sunk the cruise ship killing hundreds of Americans. After this incident many Americans where pushing closer and closer to war they believed
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In the years of America’s neutrality‚ Germany had angered the United States with over aggressive war tactics. Two ships carrying American passengers were sunk by German submarines‚ the Lusitania and the Sussex. After the Lusitania was sunk in 1915‚ Woodrow Wilson warned Germany that if they continued sinking Americans the United States would view it as deliberate aggression “Repetition by the commanders of German Naval vessels of acts in contravention of those rights must be regarded by the government
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Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………...3 Significance of “Too Proud to Fight”………………………………………………………………………4 Historical Background………………………………………………………………………………………….6 The Speech and Rhetorical Methods Used…………………………...……………………………...…9 The Lusitania and Immigration Policy………………………………………………………………....19 Neutrality and Democracy……………………………………………………………………………….....25 The Significance of the Rhetorical Presidency…………………………………………………...…27 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………30 Works
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However‚ this changed when Germany sank the Lusitania‚ a British ocean liner. One-hundred twenty-eight Americans were killed in the sinking of the Lusitania. Also‚ the Zimmermann Telegram played an important part in the U.S joining the war. The telegram wanted Mexico to join the war‚ and also promised that Germany would help take back their land that
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war‚ America tried to broker peace between the allies and the axis‚ the war was in Europe; America did not need to get involved. On May 7th 1915‚ German U-boats‚ patrolling in the Atlantic Ocean‚ fired torpedos at the British passenger ship Lusitania sinking her in 20 minutes. 128 Americans were killed. Woodrow Wilson‚ demanded that Germany stop attacking passenger ships‚ and declared that America was too proud to fight. Wilson also tried to mediate a compromise settlement but failed. He also repeatedly
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Changing the economy in various ways‚ such as Industrialization and Immigration can affect the country in either good or bad ways. Back in the late 1800’s‚ the economy and the country was very different than it is known to be today. Westward expansion‚ industrialization‚ presidents and their decisions‚ immigration‚ and W.W.I are some events that have occurred to have changed the economy. Woodrow Wilson passed many laws such as the Clayton Antitrust Act‚ Federal Trade Commission Act‚ Federal Reserve
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warship‚ you needed to stop the ship‚ warn them about what you were planning to do‚ and let passengers get off and go to safety. Submarines do not play by these rules. They used the element of surprise by staying completely submerged underwater and sinking ships. Germany then created a warzone around Great Britain that would sink any ship from any nation that came into that war
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of highly advanced fleet of war ships. U.S. became involved in a conflict when Germany threatened our trade with Great Britain. Several German U-boats began sinking ships that were sailing for either the transportation of people or goods and arms.[1] Wilson viewed these actions as “wanton act[s]‚” and after a particular ship called the Lusitania was torpedoed by German U-Boats in 1915‚ the U.S. threatened to retaliate with military intervention against Germany. By this point the American population
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