...The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) is a silent animated short film produced by American cartoonist Winsor McCay, depicting a work of propaganda in re-creating the never-photographed 1915 sinking of the British liner RMS, Lusitania. The reliability is profoundly restricted by the reality that the source is for propaganda tenacities and hence not a true indication of the sinking of Lusitania. Rather that of an animated dramatization of the notorious World War I German torpedoing of the ocean liner. The source is reliable in depicting that in the aftermath of the sinking, Lusitania became a symbol of the war effort–a polarizing rallying cry along the lines of “Remember the Maine!” . As such, the source is reliable as evidence that propaganda...
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...Bibliography and Word Length 11 Name 3 Research question: How did the sinking to the Lusitania prompt Americans to join / aid Great Britain and France? A. Plan of the investigation In 1915, the Lusitania a British Ocean vessel used to ferry goods and people across the Atlantic sea between the America and Britain was torpedoed and ruined by the Germans using U-boats. The vessel was highly accredited for its speed competence and its comfortable and expensive accommodation, as well as marked as the world’s largest vessel. Before it was sunk, it had left for Liverpool from New York and there were 1,959 persons on board, among them 159 Americans. During this period, the ocean passage had become perilous since the Germans, Americans and British attacked one another in the waters hoping to prevent war materials getting through. This resulted to the sinking of Lusitania ship when the Germans invaded the British waters with their submarines and hit the ship near Southern Ireland coast at Kinsale. As a result, this enraged and triggered the United State into entrance the World War 1. The purpose of this paper is to determine how the sinking of the Lusitania vessel prompts Americans to join and aid Great Britain and France (Preston, 78). Word count: 179 B....
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...White City is about the Chicago World’s Fair, Dead Wake is about events leading up to the sinking of the Lusitania, and In the Garden of Beasts is about Berlin in a Germany that was approaching World War II. Each of these topics is interesting enough to begin with, but with Erik Larson’s style of writing, they are even more enjoyable to read about. Each of the books focuses on a few people who were alive during the event that Larson is describing, and follows them throughout that event. Larson’s stories are more relatable, and interesting to read rather than a summary of an event because they not only tell what happened in history, but how it affected people. The Devil in the White City focuses on the Chicago World’s Fair, and focused mainly on a two people that were influential to the fair. The reader learned of the story of Daniel Burnham, an extremely talented Chicago architect who was tasked with building the World’s...
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...Lusitania Disaster The Lusitania was a great passenger cruise line of its time. The ship held 1,959 passengers of that 702 were members of the crew. A single torpedo was shot from a German U-20 submarine sunk the Lusitania in less than 20 minutes, 1,198 passengers died and only 761 people survived the incident. The attack happened on the 7th of May 1915, one week into it voyage from New York. A warning was issued from the German Embassy, stating that the risk of attack was high due to the hostile actions around the British isle. This attack also took the lives of 127 Americans. This proved to be a turning point for the Atlantic war. This event set in motion the United States entering World War I. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 The Malaysian airlines flight embarked from Amsterdam in a Boeing 777. The final destination was for Kuala Lumpur on 17th of July 2014. The Planes route took it through an active war zone that was controlled by the Dunbass People militia. The plane was shot down by a Buk surface to air missile. The plane crashed near Torez in Donetsk, Ukraine, killing all of the 283 passengers and 15 crew on board, total death of all passengers and crew of 298. This attack was against a passenger airline that enter hostile airspace. As a result of this flight patterns have been redirected around the airspace that is controlled by militants. Disaster Similarities and Dissimilarities The Lusitania and Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 both entered areas that where controlled...
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...historians pointing towards the German sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania. While the Lusitania sinking provided pro-ally propaganda, and temporarily soured relations with Germany, several other events actually facilitated the road to war for the U.S. Prior to American entry to World War I, the overwhelming sentiment was one of neutrality. With immigration on the rise, one out of every eleven Americans was German, or approximately 27% of the population, making German the largest ethnic group in America. The American economy grew early on in the war. War materials sold to the Allies, particularly Britain and France, provided a huge boon to the economy as Britain alone spent approximately $10 million per day in the states. Relations and popular opinion quickly changed however, as Germany initiated unrestricted submarine warfare on all shipping vessels around Britain, triggering President Woodrow Wilson to cease bi-lateral relations with Germany in February 1917. This was not the first time relations degraded between the U.S. and Germany. The sinking of the Lusitania is commonly viewed as the primary cause for U.S. entry into World War I, though this is likely false. One hundred twenty eight Americans died in May 1915 when the Lusitania sank. While it fueled some propaganda in support of the Allies, and temporarily sullied relations with Germany, ultimately Winston Churchill viewed the Lusitania as a...
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...------------------------------------------------- How Propaganda Swayed the Public Opinion During World War I Rachel Corona Abstract World War 1 proved America to be the nation producing the highest amount of propaganda. Through his use of propaganda President Wilson was able to draw American Support for the war. Despite his being elected as the “peace” president. Many Americans believed he’d keep them out of the war, especially after he stated that, “so far as I can remember, this is a government of the people, and this people is not going to choose war.” Before his election, Wilson promoted American neutrality. He pushed for what he believed his Americans wanted. However, through his employment of propaganda, Woodrow Wilson was able to convince the American people to join the ranks, he persuaded Americans into accepting rations for food, he involved women in the war effort, he was even able to sway them into buying government bonds (liberty bonds) to fund the war. In the end, through his use of propaganda, President Woodrow Wilson was ironically able to change the popular American opinion and convince Americans to support World War 1. Propaganda, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is the “spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.” It is always biased towards a view or idea. Governments employ propaganda to sway public opinions towards supporting a cause. The use of propaganda...
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...ignited the spark for America to abandon its neutrality and enter the war such as the sinking of the Lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare, and the Zimmerman telegram. Document 1 identifies the fact that President Wilson was firm in the belief that the United States Of America will stand as a neutral position in the war. Moreover, as for the people of America he believes that their neutrality will speak for itself. “Every many who really loves America will act and speak in the true spirit of neutrality, which is the spirit of impartiality and fairness and friendliness to all concerned”. He is trying to convince the people of America that this is the right decision and that there is no need for America to be involved in the troubles of the European nations. Document two represents the U.S Exports to Europe from 1910-1915 through a bar graph. This visual representation signifies the lack of exports being sent to the central powers such as Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1915, one year after the war begins. Exports were being sent from 1910 to 1914 to all four empires until 1915. After stating their neutrality in words, that did not seem like the case in terms of exports and maintaining their position as a neutral power. Most of the events that ignited the spark to the US’s entry started in 1915 with the sinking of the Lusitania. Document 3 emphasizes the Sinking of the Lusitania as a catastrophe to the government of the United States. “by which over 100 American citizens lost...
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...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...
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...When thinking about the sinking of the Lusitania and the attack of 9/11, what comes to mind are the phases of disaster the victims may have experience. The victims will respond to a disaster often by move through the following four phases of disaster response. The phases are: The heroic phase, the honeymoon phase, the disillusionment phase, and the reconstruction (Adams, 1999) the heroic phase, the first of the four phases of disaster is the one most people experience heedlessly of the type of disaster they are facing. Both after the Lusitania and 9/11 disaster happened bystanders rushed to the aid of others in need. After the Lusitania was hit and sinking, fishermen that were in the area put their own lives at risk and came to the aid of anyone who was still alive and then later helped recover bodies. Similarly, not long after the twin towers...
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...and Germany. Woodrow Wilson learned about the telegram and the next day he proposed to congress that he should start going into defense mode in case of any possible German attacks. The Zimmermann Telegram helped change the opinions of American and brought the U.S. into World War I. A tragedy occurred May 7, 1915, when a German U-boat attacked and sank one of the world’s largest passenger ships, the Lusitania. The Lusitania was carrying many passengers and several of them were Americans. Davidson stated “The ship stopped dead in the water and listed so badly that lifeboats could barely be launched before the vessel sank. Nearly 1,200 men, women, and children perished, including 128 Americans.”(Davidson) Killing these innocent people also triggered Americans to make an action. On January 31, 1917, Germany announced that it would resume unrestricted warfare in war-zone waters. The sinking of the Lusitania played a significant role in changing the public opinion of the Americans against...
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...was split in two during the time of ww1. Many of the American people wanted to enter the war while many including President Woodrow Wilson wanted to stay neutral. America had one big decision to make during this time. In the end the U.S had no choice but to enter the war due to the sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman telegram and the huge economic boost the war would offer America decided to enter the war....
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...The Royal Navy had blockaded Germany, and when RMS Lusitania left New York for Britain on May 1st, German submarine warfare was intensifying in the Atlantic Ocean. Germany than, officially declared the seas and oceans around the United Kingdom, to be a war zone. German embassy in the United States had placed a newspaper advertisement warning people of the dangers of sailing on Lusitania. Later in February, Germany boldly announced that all Allied ships would be sunk without warning.It read, “Travelers intending to embark on the Atlantic voyage are reminded that a state of war exists; that the zone of war includes the waters adjacent to the British Isles; that, in accordance with formal notice given by the Imperial German Government, vessels...
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...As the world turned over a new page in its history in the early 1900’s the world turned upon itself in the first world war. This war encompassed the German and the British . these two powerful powers were at war with one another. The United States however was caught in the middle of this fire fight holding a neutral position mandated by president Woodrow Wilson. This stance of neutrality would be tested over the years by many events. Primarily, the United States was greatly affected when the German sunk the Lusitania an unarmed merchant ship making its way to Britain. This ship carried over 100 american citizens who all perished in the crash. This grave mistake by the German was made after the Signing of a treaty that was intended to prevent...
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...Many have come to the understanding that the First World War was started by the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the one to accept the crown of Austria-Hungary. Many have been told that America, who was initially a neutral party, was brought into the fray after the killing of American citizens on the ocean liner the Lusitania. This however is not the whole truth. There was a plan to bring America into the war for financial gain and eventually international victory even before the war itself started. According to The Freemen Digest in the 1950’s Norman Dodd a Yale alumni became the director of research for the Reese Committee who was in charge of investigating the tax exemption of 12 foundations that control nearly all of the American capital. During this investigation he was invited to check the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace documents as well. In his findings he saw that six years before World War I there was a question and solution to change a nation of people’s way of life. The answer was war. The next questions led the same foundations that were under tax exemption investigation into the decision of taking power in the State Department. After power was influenced and the war began a letter was sent to the president to ensure that WWI was dragged on. (Chadwick) Years after the war a committee was started by Gerald Nye, the Senator of North Dakota to search into the initial causes of the war. After years of searching the Nye committee discovered...
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...as well as in action”. He did not want to be involved in this war neither “the Central Powers” nor “the Allied Powers”. United States kept out of war for 3 years until April of 1917 when President Wilson called Congress into special session and asked them for a declaration of war. There were many reasons that changed Wilson’s mind about stay out of war; the first was the sink of the Lusitania in May 1915 where nearly 1,200 people died, including 128 Americans. President Wilson sent three notes to Germany asking them to abandon unrestricted submarine warfare, but there was until they received the third note, almost an ultimatum, when Germany ordered to their U-boat commanders not to sink passenger liners without warning. President Wilson did not know that Germany had ordered U-boat commander not to sink passenger liners without warning, when in August 1915; a U-boat mistakenly torpedoed the British liner Arabic, killing two Americans. Wilson protested, and Germany, eager to keep the United States out of war, backed down. Although Wilson’s diplomacy had achieved his immediate goal, the Lusitania and Arabic crises highlighted the elements that led to war. Wilson hated war, but he found himself caught up in a worldwide crisis that demanded the best in American will and diplomacy. In the end, diplomacy failed, and United States entered a war that changed the nation’s history. The first American soldiers reached France in June 1917. By the war’s end two...
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