Unrestricted submarine warfare

Chemical warfare, while horrible, proved to be unwieldy and unpredictable, and relatively easy to counter. After some limited successes against unprepared opponents, the use of chemical gas had very little tactical benefit; the recognition of this limited utility

1. Which of the following would have supported the actions shown in this cartoon during Reconstruction? (number 1) -Radical Republicans -Ku Klux Klan -Northerners -Freedmen's Bureau (not the answer) 2. Which statement highlights the difficulties faced by those working on the Panama Canal? (number 2) -Workers had to clear and level mountains so that the entire length of the canal would be at sea level -The treaty allowed only Americans and Panamanians to work at the site, resulting in a severe

The United States entered WWI for many reason. Initially the US claimed to remain neutral through the War, despite President Wilson leaning always towards the Allies cause. The unrestricted submarine warfare initiated by the Germans in response to the British Naval blockade targeted every ship that was near the British Empire, military or civilian alike. The sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, which was a British cruise/transport ship, bound for Britain from New York resulted in the 1195 people dying

came to Pearl Harbor and proved that it was a mistake to cut off the oil supply.  Another reason the United States joined the war was the Germans were sinking United States’ ships while taking supplies to England.  They were even using unrestricted submarine warfare even though they promised not to do so in years prior.

On May seventh, the time of 1915 as the ship the "Lusitania" was approaching the shoreline of Ireland. Amid its voyage, a torpedo was let go by the German submarine "U 20" that pummeled into the ship's side. A strange second blast had tore the liner separated. A catastrophe had ruled, the ship recorded so terribly and quickly that the rafts had collided with the travelers on deck, or had their heaps dumped into the water. Inside only 18 minutes the ship had slipped into the ocean. Precisely 1,119

States did not want to halt their booming economy, and the large number of protests by immigrant citizens made joining the war even less desirable. It was only after Britain 's decision to blockade Germany, Germany’s announcement to resume unrestricted submarine warfare, and the British discovery of the Zimmerman Telegram that the United States finally decided to join the war. When World War I began, The United States made it clear that they didn’t want to be involved in the war, and maintained their

for 3 years until they started to get triggered by the surrounding countries, especially Germany. America had enough when Germany sunk the Lusitania and violated the Sussex pledge. The Lusitania was a British ocean liner. It was sunk by a German submarine on May, 7th 1915, that shot it with two torpedoes. The Germans sank the ship without any warning, this went against the Cruiser rules because it was officially a non military ship. This angered the the U.S because 120 American lives were taken. Many

Robert Lansing address how Great Britian would capture ships and inconveniently take them to British ports for inspection (Doc 3). America’s Trade during the War fell, because the British would take the ships in fear that they were war ships attacking them. This led to a decline in Wilson’s Free Trade. The cargo on the ships was used by the time the British ports let the ship free, causing a major disruption in our economy. The report from the American Customs Inspector conveys how the Lusitania

Germans, which had a negative impact on the United State’s view of Germany. North America eventually joined the Allies over the Germans practicing unrestricted marine warfare and sinking the United States ships. The

to why the United States of American entered into the war. The first was unrestricted submarine warfare. This included the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 where there were 128 American lives lost. Then the “Sussex” pledge in 1916 when a French vessel “Sussex” torpedoed injuring 3. Then when Germany renewed unrestricted U Boat attacks in 1917. When Germany began to use its submarine force for unrestricted submarine warfare it was quickly