AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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The American public started to support attacking Spain.
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The American public started to support entering World War I.
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the American public started to support fighting Great Britain.
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The American public started to support being neutral in World War I.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Not only did the sinking of the Lusitania undoubtedly put the United States on a collision course with Germany, it increased anti-German sentiment amongst the American public. This can be seen in how the incident was reported within American newspapers in the days, weeks, and months that followed.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The unrestricted submarine warfare caused the U.S. to enter World War I against the Germans. Germany agreed not to sink unarmed passenger ships with out warning.
Detailed explanation-4: -The sinking of the Lusitania was the most notorious and deadly of several German submarine attacks in early 1917–attacks that were a key factor in the United States’ decision to abandon a policy of neutrality and enter the war.
Detailed explanation-5: -Terms in this set (10) What effect did the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 have on American public opinion of Germany? It caused public opinion to turn against the Germans even more.