Question: 1. what happened to the lusitania why was it important?
Answer: On May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania, which primarily ferried people and goods across the Atlantic Ocean between the United States and Great Britain, was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk. ... The sinking of the Lusitania enraged Americans and hastened the United States' entrance into World War I.