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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narrative” consists of three events that contributed to the propaganda regime. The series of events were the barbaric acts committed by the German troops during the invasion of Belgium in 1914‚ The execution of the nurse Edith Cavell‚ and the sinking of the Lusitania where 1‚200 civilians perished. Jo Fox also explains how the use of barbaric weaponry contributed to the effective use of the propaganda. British officials used these events to effectively distribute the propaganda to their population. 2
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was time for the British navy to bring its crippling blockade to bear on Germany’s port. 3.) The immediate cause of America’s entry into World War 1 in April 1917 was the German announcement of unrestricted submarine warfare‚ and the subsequent sinking of ships with Americans on board (the
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World War 1 was fought as a result of secret alliances formed in Europe in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The event which sparked the war was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on June 28th 1914 at the hands of Gabriel Principe. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was touring the nation of Serbia when a group of Bosnian nationalists named the Black Hand ordered his assassination. This act had a domino effect‚ and it quickly evolved into a war which spread rapidly through Europe. Secret
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Technology in the military has greatly increased strength and eased the ranking among world powers and effected the development of new military weapons. The First World War introduced a whole host of new technology to the armies of the world. The machine gun‚ the tank‚ and the airplane ruled the battlefields of France and Germany. These new inventions changed the face of warfare forever. As equal‚ the German submarine changed naval warfare. As the First World War erupted‚ Germany needed to cut
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several world leaders began supporting the need for an international organization to preserve peace and settle disputed by negotiation. | The League of Nations was formed. | 4. The Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine | President Wilson threatened to break off diplomatic relations if Germany did not stop sinking passenger ships. The United
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This was frowned upon by many of the countries involved‚ as innocent civilians were being killed‚ as noted with the Lusitania. Germany eventually ceased this submarine warfare. The Zimmerman Telegram Topic Sentence- While Britain continued to relentlessly blockade German ports‚ the Germans sent spies to the United States where they destroyed factories manufacturing
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Allied powers also known as Allies refers to those countries which formed an alliance in opposition to the Central or Axis Powers in World War I. The Allied powers consisted of several countries that joined their forces beginning in 1914 and they are as follow: (1). Great Britain (2.)Russia (3.) France (4.) Belgium (5.)Serbia in 1917: and the (6.) The United States. Central Powers was the World War 1 coalition that was defeated by the Allied Powers. The countries included in the Central Powers
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In the early 1900s the Russian government tried to make the world come under their ideals called Communism.The push for communistic rule erupted in war.The U.S would join the World War I (WWI) when the Germans sank US ships. President Wilson wanted more than justice‚ he wanted peace. He stated‚ that it was the United States job‚ “too vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world” (cite). President Wilson decided to lay out a plan of achievement. The Fourteen Point program
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