The United States entered WWI for many reasons. One reason the United States entered the war was because of the sinking of the Lusitania, an American ship that was on British water that sunk. Document 1 obtains two documents. One is the front of a newspaper stating that the Lusitania has sunk and the other giving a notice to anyone being on the Great Britain’s water. This document is a primary source. The New York Times states “Lusitania sunk by a submarine. Probably 1,260 dead.” According to the notice from the Germans, “…Great Britain or of any of her allies are liable to destruction in those waters and that travelers sailing in warzone. This shows how the Germans stayed true to their word by sinking the Lusitania. This is the reason why