A-It is towards all American people.

P- A president in a neutral position. Trying to remain neutral and keep his country together.

P- To tell people to remain neutral and sympathetic towards others during this hard time and to stand together as Americans.

Y-Without this speech there may have been riots and such things that could cause America to lose its neutrality.

 

Wilson’s perspective is as a free country that we should take in others and be grateful for our peacefulness. That we should not be divided, but stand together peacefully and neutrally.

All those who speak and act in neutrality, peace, fairness, and friendliness in all good spirit.

Even if they may be allied with a country, if another country goes against their allies, we should still feel sympathy for that countries losses and hard times. Plus, many other reasons.

Wilson calls anyone who has a love for the United States and a loyalty to its government American.

America would naturally have a variety of sympathy towards the war effort because the American people come from many different countries, many of which were engaged in the war at the time. Therefore joining either side would cause a split in the American people which would have been less than ideal.

H - WWI and if U.S. will remain neutral
A - American people, all immigrants from countries at war
P - To try to show the American people that America should remain neutral.
P - America should remain neutral in this conflict.
Y - This document is important because it shows the reluctance of Wilson and America to enter the war, and why the best option would have been neutrality.

A-  Directly at Congress and to citizens of America, even if they were from other nations, and to the people debating whether we join the war or not.

P - This is from Woodrow Wilson’s point of view.
Believes Americans are people who will want to support neutrality and friendliness, and not encourage the War.
Liberal Internationalism- Moral Diplomacy

P-  The purpose is to convince everyone to remain neutral during the war. Trying to convince them that War won’t be good 

Y- Wilson supports neutrality first and wants to resolve the war without America. 

B.) Wilson’s stance is neutral at this point. He doesn’t want to pick a side because he fears it might divide the nations. He believes that every American citizen is an American. He also said “Every man who really loves America will act and speak in the true spirit of neutrality,” 

A(udience)- The intended audience was the American people, especially the few who wanted America to participate in the war. It also sent a message to the already participating countries of America’s stance.

P(urpose)- It’s purpose was to show that while most Americans did side with the Allies, America wasn’t going to give their whole support to either side and continue to trade goods with both. It was also issued to keep Americans from worrying about having to deal with the terrors of war (again, that obviously worked out)

P(oint of View)- The US government and Wilson didn’t want to get involved in a war that seemingly had nothing to do with America.

Y- It’s significant because it shows where America stood for most of the war. While we did end helping and officially siding with the Allies, for the better half of the war we didn’t want to do anything.

Wilson’s perspective- He had promised the American people to keep the country out of the war, but had to finally declare war on Germany. Wilson believed in a free country and a country that listened to its people. Due to the different groups of Americans (German, English, etc.) it was hard to fully decide which side deserved a voice. The German-Americans were inclined to support Germany while the rest supported the Allies. Wilson wanted America to be a nation that were stronger together.

A- directly to congress, 
overall to Americans

Purpose- Encourage Americans to say neutral and calm, not to let their ties to other nations divide us

POV- Wilson believes that the various citizens in American need to stay united, otherwise the united states with be weakened -he is responsible to keep order in such a difficult time

Why- It was a time of unrest and fear for American people and it was important for the president to issue a speech to reassure the people

 Wilson believes in a strong sense of neutrality, he thinks if the people focus on their loyalty to America instead of their national ties American may stay at peace. American’s are simply any on who loves America and care for its wellbeing. America naturally has a ‘variety of sympathy’ toward the war effort because all the people and have different beliefs and ideals. Of course, people would want to defend the country of their ancestors.