Which of the following statements best summarizes the author’s viewpoint about wilson’s hesitancy and final decision to enter world war i?

the answer is b.

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America's policy of insisting on neutral rights while also trying to broker a peace resulted in tensions with both berlin and london. us president woodrow wilson repeatedly warned that he would not tolerate unrestricted submarine warfare, and the germans repeatedly promised to stop. in january 1917 the german military decided that unrestricted submarine warfare was the best gamble to choke british supplies before the american troops could arrive in large numbers. a proposal to mexico to join the war was exposed in february, bringing war closer. (see zimmerman telegram). after further u-boat attacks on american merchant ships, wilson requested that congress declare war on germany, which it did on april 6, 1917 (see: woodrow wilson declares war on germany on wikisource). the house approved the war resolution 373-50, the senate 82-6, with opposition coming mostly from german american districts. wilson hoped war could be avoided with austria-hungary; however, when it kept its loyalty to germany, the us declared war on austria-hungary in december 1917.