(Experience History: Interpreting America’s Past vol. 2‚ page 637). This plan of peace collapsed when the German ambassador announced that unrestricted submarine warfare would resume. This decision by Germany‚ coupled with the sinking of the Lusitania‚ their sinking of four additional U.S merchant ships and the interception of the Zimmerman Telegraph that stated that if the United States joined in the war‚ Mexico would receive guns‚ money‚ and territory if Mexico attacked the United States. This
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boats entering Britain to be banned and any boat found in the waters were to be sunk and it would not always be necessary to warn crew and passengers before sinking. America became upset at both sides for the blockades but even more so at Germany because the loss of lives. The worst disaster was when a u-boat sunk a British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Nearly 1200 people lost theri lives and 130 were Americans. America stayed neutral although it happened one more time and two more
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War I. The central powers: Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ fought against the allied powers: France‚ England‚ Russia‚ and later Italy. After a few years the United States joined the War. They joined because of the sinking of the Lusitania‚ a ship off the coast of Ireland that the Germans torpedoed‚ 128 Americans died. This angered the United States causing
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include Secretary of State Lansing‚ German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman‚ and President Woodrow Wilson. In a letter to the United States Ambassador to Germany Gerard‚ the Secretary of State Lansing addressed the torpedoing and sinking of the British steamship Lusitania. The secretary stated‚ “...over 100 American citizens lost their lives‚ it is clearly wise and desirable that the government of the United States and the Imperial German Government should come to a clear and full understanding as
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There have been countless debates over what was truly the main cause of World War One (WW1). The largest portion of underlying causes fit into three general categories: imperialism‚ militarism‚ and failure in the alliance system. Of course the assassination of Archduke of Austria ignited the flame that was WW1‚ but there had to be fuel to keep the fire burning. All of these three categories had influence on the lasting of the war‚ but upon analysis of historical documents and actions it can be
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World War I (1914 – 1918) was a global war centered in Europe that involved all the world’s economic great powers assembled in two opposing alliances‚ the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies consisted of Great Britain‚ Russia‚ France‚ and Serbia‚ while the Central Powers had Germany and Austria-Hungary. The war was initiated by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ heir to the Austrian-Hungary throne‚ by a Serbian nationalist. This set off a diplomatic crisis and resulted
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Wilson did not want to enter the European conflict and to remain neutral. He was trying to show peace and optimism in America by avoiding WW1. Between the British creating blockades and blacklisting America trades with Germany‚ and Germany sinking the Lusitania killing 128 Americans Wilson had no choice but to join the fight. WW1 was centered in France with mechanized‚ trench‚ and chemical warfare that lead to 20 million lives being lost. In 1919 the big four created the Treaty of Versailles with
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amazing ship. 1. First‚ why and how the ship was built 2. The sailing and sinking of the boat 3. And the aftermath that took place Transition: First of all‚ you need to know how the ship was constructed. I. In the early 1900s the transatlantic passenger trade was highly profitable and competitive 1. Two of the main competitors were White Star and Cunard a. Cunard had planned to debut the Lusitania and Mauretania in 1907 b. Looking to rival Cunard‚ White Star Chairman
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1. Describe the United States’ involvement in the Mexican Revolution 1914-1916. The then United States president Woodrow Wilson withdrew diplomatic recognition in Mexico after the Mexican president Victoriano Huerta dissolved the Mexican congress. He entirely refused to recognize Huerta’s government and in an effort to isolate him universally Wilson used the watchful waiting policy. This succeeded with Britain and Germany until Wilson removed an embargo on the shipment of arms to Huerta’s opposition
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False Flags Joseph Reckert COM/156 Oct 06‚ 2012 Lindy Hatten False Flags What would a person do if they found out that their very own government was killing its people? Definition: False flag (aka Black Flag) operations are covert operations designed to deceive in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by other entities. The name is derived from the military concept of flying false colors; that is: flying the flag of a country other than one’s own
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