[jalisco555]

The Lusitania was the excuse used to enter the USA into WWI. The REAL reason was the Zimmerman telegram that showed Germany was conspiring with Mexico and attempting to conspire with Japan to attack us. But we could hardly admit, on the eve of the war, that the British had broken the German code....so the Lusitania made a convenient excuse.

The Lusitania was sunk two years before we entered the war. It turned a lot of opinion against the Germans but it wasn't the cause of our entering the war. The cause was Germany's declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare, which the US as a naval power couldn't tolerate.

[allmendream]

“Repeated acts of war” was the stated reason. Among those acts of war was the sinking of the Lusitania.

Text Of The Declaration Of War Against Germany

World War I

Joint Resolution Passed by the United States Senate and House of Representatives

Effective April 6, 1917, at 1:18 p.m.

WHEREAS, The Imperial German Government has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America; therefore, be it

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government, which has thus been thrust upon the United States, is hereby formally declared; and

That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.