(A) President Wilson was a Quaker and was against warfare of any kind.
(B) the armed forces were preoccupied with problems on the Mexican border.
(C) the U.S. had the strongest navy in the world and it was needed to keep the coastline secure.
(D) ** the U.S. was trading heavily with European nations and did not want its business interrupted.
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Why did the United states want to maintain its neutrality in foreign policy at the beginning of the 1790s? Because the U.S. had different views on who they support in the war and if they even want to get involved in it.
Concept note-2: -Germany’s resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilson’s decision to lead the United States into World War I.
Concept note-3: -US President Woodrow Wilson sought to maintain US neutrality but was ultimately unable to keep the United States out of the war, largely because of escalating German aggression.
Concept note-4: -When WWI began in Europe in 1914, many Americans wanted the United States to stay out of the conflict, supporting President Woodrow Wilson’s policy of strict and impartial neutrality. “The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name during these days that are to try men’s souls.