President Woodrow Wilson was reluctant to enter America into a European war for very solid reasons that were selfish on the behalf of America’s own future security as a nation. President Wilson delayed his request for a declaration of war to allow for America’s own internal conflict to settle and for the American people to unite under “… a single way of thinking”.1 Since the first shots of World War I, President Wilson has made several small steps in support of Britain and France through merchant support of much needed supplies. In 1914, the breakout of hostilities in Europe was viewed by the American people to be European problem and President Wilson listened to his people and remained out of the war.2 In 1917, America was at the end of two
