Major Question: Should the United State enter World War I? Making Generalizations: Below are groups of statements made before, during, and after America’s involvement in World War I. Read the statements in each group and identify the key reasons why the United States entered World War I. Then write ONE SENTENCE that summarize the major arguments presented in each statement.

3. ”We didn't win a thing we set out for in the last war (World War I). We merely succeeded, with tremendous loss of life, to make secure the loans of private bankers to the Allies.” —Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota, Chairman of the Senate Munitions Committee (circa 1936)