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Explain why president Wilson initially opposed u.s. involvement in world war 1, and why he later changed his mind

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When Woodrow Wilson took office, he wished he would not have to spend much time on foreign affairs. When World War I erupted in 1914, he fist saw the US role as a peace broker. Nevertheless, he changed his mind, as many in the public opinion did, after a German U-boat sank the liner Lusitania.

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