RMS Lusitania

Understanding the Lusitania A magnificent beast sank into the deep waters- but how? Elsie was excited to explore the first class part of the ship, even though she was a third class passenger. First class had luxury that she had never seen before. A german U-boat was coming closer and closer to the beautiful ship. “ U-boats were hot, claustrophobic and full of sweat, fumes, and human waste.” The U-boat had to sink at least two ships that day, and the lusitania was one of them. The U-boat

Dominic Merlo 2/26/15 Honors History 9 Mr. Phillips The Sinking of the USS Maine On February 15th, 1898, at about 9:40 in the night, the USS Maine exploded in the Havana Harbor. It killed between 260 and 268 men, and it caused a major uproar or attention in the United States. Because it was only a few days after the public found out about the De Lome letter, many Americans, and newspapers especially, put the blame onto Spain. It would soon become a minor cause of the Spanish-American War. During

Americans have been carried through life by the use of propaganda since mere existence. The most widespread use of propaganda is through a war. World War 1 proves this between the United States and other countries. As the United States tried to remain neutral to the thought of war, American Journalists’ appealed to Britain’s technique of propaganda in joining sides. This interest outset a war with Germany and the Triple Alliance, World War 1. In the early 1900s as the United States tried to keep

The sinking of The Lusitania put enough public pressure on the president to become more involved in the war because of the loss of American Life. Let's start from the beginning World War one started on the 28th of July 1914 between two sides; The triple alliance and the triple entente. It came to an end on the 11th of November 1918. Difference in policies were to blame, although the immediate cause of World War one was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was an Archduke

The Lusitania “Toward sunset on 7 May 1915, an alert member of a lifeboat crew spotted an intermittent flash of light from a dark shape bobbing on the gentle swell of the Irish Sea (Preston 1).” This is what the Lusitania saw before they were attacked by a German Submarine. I could imagine it was a scary sight to not know what the flashing light in the water was on that late May night. The Lusitania was an epic tragedy that happened in the United States. An examination of primary and secondary

“We were losing three or four each night and day,” said Loel Dean Cox, a survivor of the USS Indianapolis tragedy. The USS Indianapolis was a Naval cruiser that was hit with a torpedo and sunk in the Philippine Sea on July 30, 1945. The ship had over 1,200 men on board, with 800 made it into the water, and only 316 survived after being rescued. The men spent four days in the shark infested waters, now the USS Indianapolis tragedy is called the worst shark attack in history. The USS Indianapolis tragedy

In spite of the fact that the sinking of the RMS Lusitania occurred during a time when the media world did not have a lot of influence on the masses, the event's circumstances made it possible for it to trigger intense feelings all across the globe. The First World War had started and the Lusitania was to be the ship that would emphasize the fact that the U.S. needed to join the conflict and that society as a whole needed to acknowledge the fact that Germany was determined to exercise world dominance

election, Wilson promoted American neutrality. He endorsed what he believed his Americans wanted, for this would get him elected into office. However, after his election, Wilson had a change of heart. A few events, such as the German sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram swayed President Wilson’s stance on the war. He started a movement toward war. A large variety of pro-war propaganda was produced and American troops were sent to Europe to fight. Through his employment of propaganda

Retired venture capitalist Gregg Bemis owns the salvage rights to the Lusitania — and he thinks he can solve the 100-year-old mystery of why it sank so quickly. His biggest obstacle: The Irish government, which has fought him for years over his plans to explore the wreck. It was a kiss Gregg Bemis will never forget. It happened in 2004. Bemis, 76 years old at the time, was wrapped in diving gear, floating at the bottom of the Irish Sea. He took out his mouthpiece, knelt carefully on a slab of

Larson, Erik. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, 2015. New York: Crown Publishers, 2015, 430 pp. Erik Larson’s purpose of “Dead Wake” is to create a real-life feel of the events that actually occurred on the Lusitania. It seems as if he wanted to take the evidence he acquired and create a story that would capture readers attention by the emotional connection with the characters and provide them with a map, letters, and other documents. He also seemed to want to educate his readers not