Problem: On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress to make the case for war against Germany on the grounds that war was necessary in order for the world to "be made safe for democracy." Four days later, Congress returned the vote to declare war with 6 members of the Senate and 50 members of the House dissenting. Wilson said in his speech to Congress: "It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance." Does the U.S. have a moral imperative to ensure that the world is safe for democracy? Please explain why or why not? What is meant by self-determination of people(s), and what is the role of the U.S. in ensuring self determination as laid out by Woodrow Wilson in the Fourteen Points? What are the differences between the global roles of the U.S. as proposed by Wilson in the Fourteen Points and intervention in world affairs for the imperialist purposes (as you discussed in your second journal post? Please explain your answer.