President Wilson was a peaceful man. He didn’t want to be in a war, he wanted things to be fair and equal among all the countries. His slogan in the reelection for was “He kept us out of the war”. And despite this, five months later he asked congress to declare war on Germany. Wilson had tried his best to keep America out of the war and to calm the war down. But the other countries wouldn’t listen to him and so in the end he had no choice.
When World War I broke out in Europe, Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would stay out of European affairs and remain neutral. He issued a declaration of US neutrality and called upon Americans to support his policy by not taking sides. He yearned that the United States would remain neutral and continue to trade with opposing nations. The United States hoped to stay clear because there was no reason for the U.S. to interfere with European dealings. Also, Wilson was aware of the huge immigrant populations whom have come from those nations currently at war. By 1915, America was allied economically to the Allies. Wilson's craving to remain neutral was declining as America drew closer to France and Britain.
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