Question

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read the excerpt from president woodrow wilson’s joint address to congress leading to a declaration of war against germany (1917):
we have no quarrel with the german people. we have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. it was not upon their impulse that
their government acted in entering this war. it was not with their previous knowledge or approval. it was a war determined upon as wars used to be
determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of
dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools.
— president woodrow wilson
what were two purposes of this excerpt from president wilson’s speech?

to prevent discrimination against german - americans

to change the way people viewed civilian populations

to change the way the german - americans felt about their ancestors

to convince people that the german government was unrepresentative of its people

Explanation:

1. Analyze "to prevent discrimination against German - Americans": The excerpt emphasizes that the US has sympathy for the German people and that the German government acted without their people's approval. This could help prevent German - Americans from being discriminated against as it separates the German people from their unrepresentative government.
2. Analyze "to convince people that the German government was unrepresentative of its people": The lines "It was not upon their impulse that their government acted... It was not with their previous knowledge or approval" clearly show that Wilson is trying to convince people that the German government's actions were not in line with the will of the German people, meaning the government was unrepresentative.
3. Analyze "to change the way people viewed civilian populations": The excerpt focuses on the German government's unrepresentativeness and the US's attitude towards the German people, not on changing views about civilian populations in general.
4. Analyze "to change the way the German - Americans felt about their ancestors": The excerpt does not address how German - Americans should feel about their ancestors.

Answer:

A. to prevent discrimination against German - Americans
D. to convince people that the German government was unrepresentative of its people