HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Promises made by Great Britain.
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Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram.
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Threats of communism spreading
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The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, by 1917, the continued submarine attacks on U.S. merchant and passenger ships, and the “Zimmermann Telegram’s” implied threat of a German attack on the United States, swayed U.S. public opinion in support of a declaration of war.
Detailed explanation-2: -These letters, coming on the heels of the German torpedoing of the luxury liner Lusitania on May 7, convinced the British more than ever that America needed to take a stand in the war. Of the 1, 959 passengers on board the Lusitania, 1, 198 were killed, and 128 of them were Americans.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lusitania. In early 1915, Germany introduced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic. The German invasion of Belgium. American loans. The reintroduction of unrestricted submarine warfare. The Zimmerman telegram. 05-Sept-2022