What Was President Wilson's Immediate Response to the Sinking of the Lusitania

question 41

Multiple Choice

What was President Wilson's immediate response to the sinking of the Lusitania?

• A) to follow Theodore Roosevelt's advice and declare war on Germany right away
• B) to abandon any hopes of peace talks with Germany and refuse to send diplomats
• C) to promote Williams Jennings Bryan in his cabinet and give him greater control of the war effort
• D) to take a pro-British stance and dismiss German claims that the ship carried rifles and ammunition
• E) to request that Congress vote on whether to formally enter the Great War then and there

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