How did the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 affect World War I?

The German submarine attack on the Lusitania killed nearly 1,200 people, including 128 Americans. The deaths increased outrage and anti-German feeling in the United States, and many Americans called for the country to enter the war. The United States did not declare war immediately, so choice B is incorrect.

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