Question

All of the following were true of the Lusitania's sinking except:________ A) It caused the deaths of more than 100 Americans on board. B) It was carrying forty-two hundred cases of small-arms ammunition, a fact the Germans used to justify the sinking. C) Instead of urging war, Wilson attempted to bring the German warlords sharply to task by a series of increasingly strong notes. D) It resulted in an immediate declaration of war by Congress. E) Americans were swept by a wave of shock and anger at this act of mass murder and piracy.

Answer 1

Answer: ( D. It resulted in an immediate declaration of war by Congress. ) This is false because even though many Americans were angered because of the sinking of the Lusitania congress did not immediately declare war, it was only when Germany asked Mexico to declare war on America that President Wilson declared war on Germany.