Which of the following was NOT a factor that forced the United States into World War I?

Question

1. the sinking of American merchant ships
2. German U-boats continually sinking American ship
3. propaganda posters against the Central Powers

Answer 1

#3...that was part of the propaganda created by President Wilson to get Americans on board once he'd decided to commit our help to the war...

Answer 2

3
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Numbers 1 and 2 forced the United States into the war.

Answer 3

First of all the U.S. was not forced into the war.

Our frontiers were never really threatened aside from the sinking of the USS San Diego off of the coast of Long Island by a German mine that had been layed by a submarine.

That happened on July 19th 1918(after we entered the war).Wilson chose to join the allied war effort America was not forced.

#1) Sinking of American merchant ships : I do not think any American merchant or passeneger ships were actually sunk prior to Americas entry into the war.

#2) German U-Boats constantly sinking American Ships : See # 1

American citizens had been killed/drowned while traveling on British or French vessels.

Most notably the British luxury liner Lusitania on May 7th 1915 and the French Passenger ship Sussex on March 24th 1916 both containing American passengers, the latter of which prompted Wilsons ultimatum to Germany condemning it's policy of unrestricted U-Boat warfare on April 18th 1916.

Germany justified their actions by claiming that these ships were carrying munitions to be used by the allied war effort.An accusation which was vehemently denied by the U.S. (but was true).

Wilsons ultimatum caused Germany great concern and on May 4th 1916 They suspended their policy of unrestricted U-Boat warfare.

However,Germany reinstated it's policy on January 31st 1917 causing Wilson to break off all diplomatic ties with Germany on February 3rd 1917.

The line had been drawn!

Unbeknownst to America,Germany had already crossed that line when on January 19th 1917 British cryptographer intercepted and deciphered the coded Zimmerman telegraph that had been sent to the Mexican government.

On February 24th 1917 Britain released this information to the U.S. and it was published in the American papers nationwide on the first of March.

On April 6th 1917 the U.S. Congress officially declared war on Germany.



#3)Propangda posters against the Central Powers.

As for propaganda posters they certainly invoke patriotism and help the government to get it's citizens to rally round the war effort.But propaganda posters alone do not force a nation into war.

So the deciding factor that was least responsible for America's entry into WWI would be #3.

Answer 4

3 was not

Answer 5

3. propaganda posters did NOT force the US into WWI.

one and two I think are kinda the same - they were both physical acts of aggression against America, leading us to enter World War I.

Answer 6

I think it's 2. They only sunk that one merchant ship with all the American passengers in it. Started with an 'L' I think

Answer 7

It was the Lusitania

Answer 8

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