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How did the sinking of the Lusitania draw America into WWI?

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you mess with our ships and or land and or islands, we take it as a declaration of war, and come drop bombs, and you dont want that.

Basically, by attacking things that embody our military, a country thinks it is strong enough to pick a fight and deal damage to us, so we engage in warfare

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The sinking of Lusitania didn't directly cause the United States to enter the war. It did, however, fuel virulent anti-German sentiment in Britain and the United States and hinder diplomatic relations between Germany and the United States.

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