The+lusitania

= The lusitania = On May 7th 1915, the Lusitania, a passenger ship, was sunk by german u-boats. now this might not seem like a big deal, but this is a very big factor of why we went into WWI. They gave us no warning and shot two torpedos at the Lusitania. this about 1,200 people, 128 of them were american. people of the era viewed this as a terrorist act. they looked at this like we view 9/11.

President Wilson tried to smooth over the event with germany in an effort to stay out of war. when the Germans sunk the French boat "Sussex" Wilson gave Germany one last warning. he wanted Germany to give the u-boats intended target a warning before attack. If they failed to do that, then we would go to war with Germany.