How did the missouri compromise of 1820 pass in the house of representatives? a. twenty southern congressmen tipped the balance in favor of the bill. b. after intense political debate, henry clay cast the deciding vote that pushed it through. c. wisconsin was admitted to the union as a free state in order to preserve sectional balance. d. seventeen northern congressmen voted with their southern colleagues to preserve sectional harmony?

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.