When President Woodrow Wilson formally declared war against Germany in a speech before a joint session of Congress, he proclaimed that, “The world must be...” :
Explanation
Answer: C - On April 2, 1917, President Wilson addressed a joint session of Congress to declare war on the German Empire, stating, “The world must be made safe for democracy.” Wilson maintained America’s neutrality for the first three years of World War I by asserting that, as a democratic nation, the United States held a moral high ground and should abstain from entering the fray. Though Germany eventually provoked America to join the fighting, the United States maintained its democratic high ground during the war, saying its cause was the global promotion of democracy.
