1Maddy SackmanMr. NelsonU.S. History p322 February 2017World War I DBQ4,734,991 soldiers representing America risked their lives fighting in World War I with atotal of 320,518 soldiers killed or injured. Many Americans were impacted by the sinking of theLusitania, military procedures, and a lack of democracy. Conflicts uprose deciding whetherAmerica should go into war or not. While some people, like Woodrow Wilson, wanted to go towar for peace and democracy, others, like Zimmerman, did not because they wanted to “keep the[U.S.] neutral.”To start off, the Lusitania sunk by a submarine was a huge factor and cause to World WarI. From some perspectives, it was “sunk by submarine,” as said in the headline of “The New YorkTimes;” from other perspectives, the ship blew up itself, from a fire caused in the ship because itwas too hot. Not only that, but it left 1,260 citizens dead. This transitioned into war because itleft the Americans infuriated. “TRAVELLERS intending to embark on the Atlantic voyages are
