protecting neutral nation’s ships by sinking neutral ships. We warned the Germans one too many times and they did not take us seriously so in 1917 we finally had enough and we joined the war. The Germans had decided that they would sink any ship they wanted without warning even if it was a merchant ship. This had upset the Americans because they soon started losing many American lives even though they were neutral. One of the worst incidents was the sinking of the Lusitania‚ a British luxury liner which
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the Zimmerman notes‚ whereas Britain is urging the United States to join using propaganda (Slide 92). America should declare war on Imperial Germany. Germany’s practice of unrestricted submarine warfare is affecting the United States as they are sinking merchant ships‚ and it affects trade relations between the United States and England. (Slide 103). The United States is aiding the allies with loans and will need to get involved in the war to help the allies to save the loans (Slide 107). The United
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The Effectiveness of Submarine Warfare in World War I Plan of Investigation The selected topic for this investigation was: To what extent did submarine warfare in World War I help the central powers? I chose this topic because World War I is sometimes a misunderstood war in that the specifics of such a war are not always well known. So I took it upon myself to understand the war better myself and investigate the details of the war. I did a little research on World War I and found that submarines
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Why did Germany loose the WW1? Why did Germany loose The First World War? On 28 June 1914 a bullet change the tension in Europe for years and a World war broke out. Germany in the losing side together with especially Austria-Hungary but also Ottoman empire and Bulgaria against in the start the Triple Entente which included Russia‚ Britain and France who got support by other countries after a while but why did Germany loose the war? Well it’s hard to practically point one thing out and say this
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All Quiet on the Western Front Film Analysis The film All Quiet on the Western Front took us on an experience of many German teenagers on the adventure of fighting in the World War I. World War I was the tragic conflict that causes the rumbling of peace to joining the fight. Whether the crisis in Europe started the war or assassination of the great leaders were the significant part of the causes of the World War I. And the war causes heavy damage and heavy casualties during the battle. All Quiet
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IDENTIFICATIONS: • Andrew Johnson- Abraham Lincoln’s VP o Lincoln’s successor when he was assassinated o Got more southern states to join Union- took away the 10% plan which required ten percent of voters to take an oath of loyalty to the US • Amnesty proclamation o Common Man o Border state unionist democrat o 13th Amendment-abolished slavery o 14th Amendment-anyone born in the US= citizen o 15th Amendment- granted black males the right to vote. • Reconstruction- plan to re-establish
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tensions between Europe‚ the crux of the battle was over land‚ territory and influence in Africa‚ Asia and Latin America (Zinn‚ 354‚ 1995). The U.S remained on the sideline for the war’s beginning in 1914‚ but by 1917 after the sinking of the British passenger ship Lusitania‚ the nation had its pretense to enter into the battle. The lack of volunteers for combat caused President Woodrow Wilson to call for a general draft‚ leading to protests in many major cities. The Espionage Act of 1917 was also
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During the late 19th Century and early 20th century‚ the United States had two opposite types of ideologies which were Imperialism and Isolationism. The Isolationism ideologies resonated with most Americans because they felt that the United States should not get involved with international affairs that have no benefit. While some people argued that this was an opportunity to become a superpower and that we had an obligation to help our allies‚ the majority of the public and U.S. president Woodrow
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finished crossing the Atlantic when it was torpedoed without warning. Out of all the passengers who died‚ one hundred and twenty eight of them were United States citizens. The ship was called the Lusitania and it was destined for Britain when a German U-boat sank it with all but one torpedo. Now the Lusitania was a passenger ship traveling in neutral waters when it was attacked. So the people of the U.S. were understandably upset over the German’s aggressiveness‚ but one needs to look at this for what
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were against the war. However many Americans held anti-German attitude‚ as Germany marched to the neutral Belgium. In addition‚ German use of U-boats‚ which sometimes attacked Americans ships without warning‚ angered many Americans. Sinking of British liner Lusitania had increased anti-German
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