History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1062 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Laconia
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The idea
In February nineteen seventeen a German submarine sank the ship Laconia, killing two passengers, and in late March four more American ships were sunk.
In practice
Officials, the public, and both parties urging Wilson toward war.
Where people slip
Each sinking narrowed Wilson's room to stay out. The anchor calls the next event the final element.
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