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11h 58min, may 17, 1915 y - Sinking of the Lusitania - Isolationism (Hard Power)

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More than 100 U.S. citizens died when the Germans sunk a passenger ship called the Lusitania in 1915, but President Wilson did not want to enter World War I. He convinced Germany to agree to stop the attacks.

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11h 58min, may 17, 1915 y
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~ 111 years ago

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