Review President Wilson's 1917 speech. What is his reason for requesting to declare war?

He believes that the United States must punish other nations for acts of aggression.

He believes that the United States must correct past mistakes by going to war.

He believes that German aggression is a threat to world peace.

He believes that neutrality has led to German attacks against business interests.

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Review President Wilson's 1917 speech. What is his reason for requesting to declare war?

He believes that the United States must punish other nations for acts of aggression.

He believes that the United States must correct past mistakes by going to war.

He believes that German aggression is a threat to world peace.

He believes that neutrality has led to German attacks against business interests.

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Trent Banks · Answer 1

He believes that German aggression is a threat to world peace.

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When World War I began on July 28, 1914, America decided to stay away from the conflict. It was a European war, it was not an American concern. However, the events that subsequently occurred between 1915 and 1917 proved to President Woodrow Wilson that neutrality is not so easy to maintain when you are in a war. German begin to attack every vessel that was sailing in the Atlantic, no matter if they were a cargo ship or a passenger ship, they were deliberated bombarded and sunk. In February 1917 it was discovered that German was announcing unrestricted laws for its submarines, and they were allowed to bombard and sunk any vessel that patrol the Atlantic. This threat to peace led Wilson to declare war.