USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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unrestricted submarine warfare

(A) ** German naval policy of sinking every ship coming into British waters

(B) German naval policy of sinking every ship coming into German waters

(C) German naval policy of not sinking every ship coming into British waters

(D) German naval policy of shooting every plane coming into British waters

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Unrestricted submarine warfare was first introduced in World War I in early 1915, when Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, would be attacked by the German navy.

Concept note-2: -The U.S. Readies for War The sinking of Lusitania didn’t directly cause the United States to enter the war. It did, however, fuel virulent anti-German sentiment in Britain and the United States and hinder diplomatic relations between Germany and the United States.

Concept note-3: -Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war.

Concept note-4: -What was the German policy that called for the sinking of all ships, armed or not, that carried supplies to the Allies? Unrestricted submarine warfare.