Lusitania

anti-German uproar in the United States. This uproar in turn made the public demand that the U.S. take part in the war. Furthermore, the reasons of United States participation into WWI increased due to issues such as economic interest, Sinking of the Lusitania, and the infamous Zimmerman Telegram. American economic interest was a major reason for the U.S. partake in the war. The minute the war started American trade relations with European countries was put in jeopardy. With the demand for weapons,

personal values. First, one’s choices can go against human morals. In the “Titanic vs. Lusitania: How People Behave in a Disaster”, a team of behavioral economists explained the behavioral differences aboard the two ships and the likelihood of each individual class and gender surviving compared to the reference group, 35-year-old or older male or female in 3rd class. The passengers from both the Titanic and the Lusitania had to make a decision, try to evacuate the sinking boat in an orderly fashion or

the U.S., and his wife. The next cause is the Zimmerman Telegram. This is a message that was sent by Germany to Mexico, asking them to join them and fight against the U.S., from which it was then forwarded to the U.S. Lastly is the sinking of the Lusitania, a harmless American ship, by Germans

quarantine of the British Isles. Several U.S. ships traveling to Britain were damaged or sunk by German mines, and in February 1915 Germany announced unrestricted submarine warfare in the waters around Britain. From history.com Later found out the the Lusitania was carrying around 173 tons of war munitions for Britain, which Germany used as justification for the attack. The Us protected the active and Germany later apologized and pledged to end unrestricted submarine warfare. Later in November of the same

In the beginning only 128 American people lost their life, this then resulted in the death of over 50 thousand Americans (America Enters World War One). What an outrageous amount of people to lose their life in a war the U.S. didn't want to get involved in. It all started in 1914 when a war broke out in Europe which included two sides, the Allied Forces and the Central Powers. The Central Power included Germany, the Ottoman Empire, and Austria Hungary while the Allies Forces included France, Great

In the novel, Speaker For The Dead by Orson Card, regret plays a substantial role by helping progress the plot and introduce many themes those of which are identifiable in each character. The themes portrayed assist in showing the reasoning for regret, as well as different ways that it can be handled. Regret is strongly present all throughout the book and different characters experience differing levels of regret. Each character handled it in their own unique way, specifically because of their

printed on it. The other document that Wilson is holding in his other hand says, “American ships sunk without warning, american lives lost. The second document that Wilson is holding that details the sunk american ships is clearly referring to the Lusitania, which was sunk without warning on May 7, 1915. This can also be seen as an example of Yellow Journalism which was heavily put into use at the time to rile up the americans and push the agenda of war. The other document says that congress is meeting

of 1917 provided the final straw for US politicians, and America declared war. The first and foremost answer would be the sinking of the Lusitania, an British cruise/transport ship, bound for Britain from New York. The German U-boat ring sought to sink all supply ships headed for Britain in order to starve the island. It sank the Lusitania as part of its efforts. 1195 people died, including 128 Americans.

Germany gave Russia a statement that by not complying with its demands, it was effectively forcing Germany to go to war. ("The German Declaration of War on Russia") 1915: 5) May 7th: The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat This picture depicts the RMS Lusitania. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania) The Lusitania was considered one of the

In the very beginning, one of the reasons that Ender was motivated to go to Lusitania was to see the next ramen species, the pequeninos. He regretted that he killed off the buggers, so he was somehow trying to make up for that. If Ender would not have gone to Lusitania, all the hidden truths that were revealed thanks to his speaking would remain hidden. Novinha would have eventually died with those secrets, and Lusitania wouldn’t have gone into rebellion as they did at the end of the book. Ender’s