Which of the following statements best summarizes the central idea of woodrow wilson’s speech?

A. The United States has no choice but to enter the war because of hostile actions by the Germans.

it was on the rise and doing very well and would continue to do well until the great depression from 1929-1939

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.