WORLD WAR I
CONSEQUENCES OF WORLD WAR I
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Question
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Germany sunk a ship called the Lusitania. Why was this a big deal?
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t was a merchant ship with a large number of supplies
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it was a military ship that had been shelling the German coast
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it was a passenger ship on which 1, 200 were killed, including 128 Americans
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it was a sailboat on which the king of England was traveling
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned steamship Lusitania, killing 1, 195 people including 128 Americans, on May 7, 1915. The disaster set off a chain of events that led to the U.S. entering World War I.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ship’s name was taken from Lusitania, an ancient Roman province on the west of the Iberian Peninsula-the region that is now southern Portugal and Extremadura (Spain).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lusitania sank, killing 1, 195 people on board, including 123 Americans. The incident created sharp reactions among Americans, many of whom believed that the United States should inflict an immediate reprisal upon Germany.
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