The XYZ affair was a diplomatic incident in the late 1790s in the Adams administration wherein the French government demanded bribes before negotiations were able to even begin and the correspondence was released. A small Naval war broke out and the Adams administration used the furor against the French to hurt the Democratic Republicans and build up the national military.
<span> From the outbreak of World War I, Woodrow Wilson pursued two goals: a non-punitive peace settlement to end the conflict and a reformation of world politics ... In his speech to Congress on 2 April 1917 which asked for a declaration of war, he stated,</span>
The level of government that maintains public utilities <span>, and licenses and oversees businesses is the state.</span>
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