President Wilson demanded that the German government abandon its submarine warfare or the US would be forced to declare war. There were multiple instances in which U-boats destroyed passenger ships holding Americans, and this left many US citizens outraged. In May of 1915, a British passenger ship called Lusitania entered the war zone. A German submarine destroyed the ship with its missiles, killing about 1,200 people which included 128 Americans. Another instance was in March of 1916, when once again, German submarines fired upon a passenger ship. This time it was a French ship the Sussex, and several Americans were injured. Germans repeatedly attacked Americans and this cannot be left unanswered.
There was no not joining the war. after the sinking of the Lusitania(an american ship) how would we explain to the public that were not going to do anything about the Germans sinking american vessels. we defiantly did the right thing by getting involved and not letting a country walk all over us.
