What evnets finally drove the U.S. to enter WWI?

Question

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b.how and why was propaganda used during WWI?
c.How did the Panama Canal benefit the U.S?

Answer 1

1) The sinking of the British liner Lusitania in 1915 was not the event that brought the US into the war. The US entered 2 years later in 1917. The Zimmermann Telegram of January 1917 was the final event. The Zimmermann telegram was a German transmission to Mexico intercepted by the British that encouraged the Mexicans to join the Germans and invade the US.

2) Propaganda was primarily used to increase morale at home. All countries were afraid that lack of public support would force them out of the war. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were forced out of the war by revolutions in their own countries rather than being defeated on the battlefield. A secondary role of propaganda was to encourage neutral nations, like the US, to be favorable to your side. The British were much more effective at this than the Germans. Propaganda was also used against enemy troops at the end of the war. For example, planes would drop pamphlets on enemy soldiers telling them that they should surrender.

c) The Canal opened in 1914 and allowed faster transport of goods from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

Answer 2

A. The Lusitania actually changed public opinion about the U.S. becoming involved - it outraged the public and President Wilson then had the "green light" so to speak. The reality is however, that there was an intelligence war that had been waged on U.S. Territory - Google "Black Tom" - this was the ammunitions factory in New York that was blown to smitherines by German spies (there were others by the way as well). Reparations were finally paid in 1936 by the then Nazi Party the day the Olympic games opened in Berlin.

If this is for school work then I anticipate that your teacher will want the Lusitania answer - if you are in college or doing this on your own then may I suggest you dig a little deeper.

B. The propaganda varied and I cannot answer that question in reasonable amount of time here - there were various forms - what are you interested in?

C. Strategically speaking - pull out a map - take a look at the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean on either side of Panama - then consider that if the Panama Canal were not there what one would have to do to travel by ship say from New York to San Francisco. I am certain you are intelligent enough to deduct your own conclusions.

Best to you!

Gerry :)

Answer 3

1. Sinking of the Lusitania, a British passenger sunk because they were carrying supplies and arms to Allied forces, and yes they were.

2. Propaganda, propaganda, and more propaganda.

3. The Russian Revolution. Peasants decided they weren't going to be sacrificed any more and decide to revolt and turned communist and then pulled out of the war. So I guess you can say that the U.S. had to even things out.
3. The Zimmerman telegram. This was basically a telegram from the German ambassador to Mexico saying they wanted Mexico to occupy the U.S. on another front long enough for Germany to defeat European Allied forces which were at the time losing. They said that after they defeated the British and French, they would help Mexico take back the land they had lost in the Mexican-American war. Mexico knew that the U.S. had this telegram tapped and basically said no the Germany.
Also, some people consider this to be a hoax to get Americans to hate the Germans even more, personally i think this is not a hoax.

Answer 4

The sinking of the Lusitania and the anti-German propaganda of the time. The anti-German propaganda was so intense, with a lot of things being reported that later turned out not to be true, so that a lot of people after the war felt that they had been "had." And this was part of the reason why a lot of Americans did not believe the reports of the concentration camps, etc. They thought it was just more propaganda to get them in another war.

Answer 5

Why the U. S. ultimately desperate to circulate into WW1? we fairly studied that for the duration of social learn right this moment. first of all of the Germans attacked a British deliver(i'm able to't undergo in thoughts what it became into called, sorry) because of the fact they theory it carried ammunition and it became out that there have been 128 US passengers on the boat and the subsequent concern that fairly tipped them into conflict became into the Zimmerman word. Germany promised Mexico in the letter that in the event that they became allies, Germany could help Mexico declare the land that they had before owned it the U. S..

Answer 6

a) yes the sinking of the US registered ship Lusitania with significant loss of American lives was the spark.
The Germans had suspected that US passenger ships were carrying munitions to Britain and specifically their spy network in the US suspected the Lusitania.

b) The most famous visual is of Lord Kitchener with his finger pointed straight at you..saying "your country needs you"
Other visuals were of demonized German soldiers raping and murdering Belgian woman and children.

c) Move the US Pacific fleet easily into Atlantic operations.

Answer 7

a. The sinking of the Lucetania (better spell check that)
b. Specifically I couldn't tell you.
c. Gave relatively quick access from Pacific to Atlantic (and vice versa) giving the navy better mobility in the war.