USA HISTORY

At the beginning of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson followed a traditional United States foreign policy (since President Washington) by

(A) refusing to permit trade with either side in the conflict

(B) sending troops to Great Britain

(C) ** d eclaring American neutrality

(D) r equesting an immediate declaration of war against the aggressors

Concept note-1: -As World War I erupts in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson formally proclaims the neutrality of the United States, a position that a vast majority of Americans favored, on August 4, 1914.

Concept note-2: -At the start of the war, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would be neutral. However, that neutrality was tested and fiercely debated in the U.S.

Concept note-3: -He promised that the United States would fight to ensure democracy, self-government, the rights and liberties of small nations, and help establish an international peace organization that would end war forever.