Read the paragraph from "Wilson's War Message to Congress."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.How does Wilson organize the text to support the viewpoint in the paragraph?
Answer
A
He switches from specific reasons to general reasons.
B
He describes a clear cause-and-effect situation.
C
He states a main idea and offers details to make his point.
D
He details events in chronological order.
Explanation
Wilson begins with the main idea that the American people have no quarrel with the German people. He then supports that view with details: the German people did not cause the government to enter the war and had no prior knowledge or approval. He adds that the war was decided by rulers and ambitious groups, not by the people, reinforcing his point that ordinary Germans should not be blamed.
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