USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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The Germans tried to warn the passengers of the ship by taking out ads in newspapers.

(A) ** True

(B) False

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Concept note-1: -Germany Attacks a Ship With Civilian Passengers They warned potential travelers that “vessels flying the flag of Great Britain or of any of her allies are liable to destruction” and should be avoided.

Concept note-2: -Boston: 1938. On February 4, 19 15, Germany declared the waters about the British Isles a “war zone” in which submarines would destroy every enemy merchant vessel found there. She warned neutrals that neither the crews nor passengers of such vessels, whether enemy or neutral subjects, would be safe in the zone.

Concept note-3: -On May 7, 1915, the German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a swift-moving British cruise liner traveling from New York to Liverpool, England.