HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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Lusitania
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Zimmerman Note
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War Bonds
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. Of the 1, 959 men, women, and children on board, 1, 195 perished, including 123 Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -On that day, the British luxury liner, the RMS Lusitania, set sail from New York for Liverpool; six days later, twelve miles off the southern coast of Ireland, she was torpedoed by a German submarine and sank. Of the 1, 959 people on board, 1, 195 died, including more than 120 Americans.
Detailed explanation-3: -On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned luxury steamship Lusitania, killing 1, 195 people including 128 Americans, according to the Library of Congress.