President Wilson's Response to the Sinking of the Lusitania

question 45

Multiple Choice

President Wilson's response to the sinking of the Lusitania:

• A) was to sever diplomatic ties with Germany
• B) included a speech in which he said that if Germany was responsible for the killing of any more Americans, then a state of war would exist between the United States and Germany
• C) was conciliatory
• D) was a series of notes demanding that Germany stop such actions and pay reparations
• E) was to ask Congress immediately to declare war

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