Question

. . . There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our motives as a nation. We must put excited feeling away. Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion.

–War message to Congress,
Woodrow Wilson

What is Wilson’s viewpoint in this passage?
A)Only the United States is capable of defending democracy.
B)All countries must be in agreement.
C)The United States’ motive for going to war is to fight for what is right.
D)Revenge will impede the United States’ success.

Answer 1

C)The United States’ motive for going to war is to fight for what is right.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C) The United States motive for going to war is to fight for what is right.

On April the 2nd, 1917, President Wilson delivered his War Message in a Special Session of Congress. On April the 6th, the Congress passed the War Resolution. The U.S. had entered into World War I.

President Wilson argued that Germany, as a non-democratic governments put at risk democracy in the world. Wilson considered that democratic governments don’t take war actions that compromise peaceful nations. He told the Congress that “the United States had no selfish interests in joining the conflict but that American participation would make the world safer for democracy.”

The effect of the Zimmerman telegram and the attacks on American ships are considered by historians as the reasons for pushing the U. S. to war.