Question

In asking Congress to declare war, Wilson said, “The world must be made safe for democracy.” This statement suggests that Wilson wanted to go to war because

he wanted to help design the peace settlement

he had grown tired of pushing for progressive reforms

he didn’t want to appear cowardly in the eyes of the voters

he wanted normal trade and business to be resumed

Answer 1

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Answer 2

what grade are you cause ia m in the 9th grade i dont know it

Answer 3

None of these, really. Wilson indeed wanted to push forward an aggressive "progressive" reform of the United States, and probably the world, and what he saw as the typically 19th century imperialistic ambitions of the ruling family of Germany just got in the way. So what he probably actually meant by "democracy" was "my progressive Utopia." Wilson was the closest thing the United States has ever had to a fascist leader.

But probably the answer that's wanted here is the last one, that Wilson wanted normal trade and business to resume. He certainly viewed the war in Europe, initially at least, as a wretched distraction from what he was trying to achieve at home. So he wanted things "back to normal."

Ironically, he came to use the excuse of the war to implement a number of radical reforms in the United States that greatly increased the interference of the Federal government in American daily lives, so much so that his successor in the election of 1920 (Harding) was able to use "A return to normalcy" as his campaign slogan.

It's possible but not too likely that Wilson forsaw that he would have an important place at the peace negotiations. He certainly wasn't tired of pushing for progressive reforms, and indeed accelerated them during the war. I don't think he was afraid of seeming cowardly to voters. His natural caution about getting involved was due to the ambivalence of the American people. There was a considerable distaste for Imperial Britain, particularly, among the waves of European immigrants (many of the Scottish, Irish, and German) who had arrived in the 1880s-1910s, and generally a sympathy for Germany. But on the other side there was a large frankly Anglophile population, of whom Wilson was one, mostly more aristocratic and moneyed, who viewed Germany as a troublemaking clownish pain. So Wilson was stuck between his own cultural roots and sympathies and those of a solid chunk of the voting public.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

It's A, just took it.