The freedom of the seas was interfered with by the war in Europe.
The British had imposed a naval blockade against Germany, and Germany responded with submarine warfare against shipping coming into Britain. The most famous instance -- which almost pulled the USA into the war at that point -- was the sinking of the passenger ship <em>Lusitania </em>by a German torpedo in May, 1915. Over a thousand people drowned when the ship sank, including 128 American citizens. Germany suspected that munitions were being shipped into Britain in the cargo holds of passenger liners. That was shown after the fact to have been true in the case of the <em>Lusitania.</em>
Robert Kennedy was attorney general during his brother John F. Kennedy's administration.
As attorney general, he fought organized crime and was a key supporter of the Civil Rights Movement.
In 1953 Kennedy became an advisor to the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations under Senator Joseph McCarthy. Kennedy left the position just six months later, objecting to McCarthy’s unjust investigative tactics.
In 1960 Kennedy managed brother John’s presidential campaign. When JFK was elected, Robert was made U.S. attorney general and became one of JFK’s closest cabinet advisors. When JFK was assassinated in 1963, Robert resigned as attorney general the following September and announced his intent to run for a senate seat.
In 1968 Kennedy ran against Eugene McCarthy in the presidential election primaries. On June 5, 1968, following his victory speech at the California Democratic Primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Kennedy was shot several times by gunman Sirhan Sirhan. He died the next day at age 42, his promising presidential administration over before it began.
Generally speaking, in <span>the 1890s, U.S. farmers joined city workers to support the "populist party," since this part stood for the "common man" against "big business". </span>
