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The correct answer is claim. Unlike statement, claim can not be proved and it is not based on factual data. Claim is left for other people to decide if it is right or wrong. Usually a country who lost the war will claim that they actually are the winners but there are not enough fact to prove it.
I think it was to convince people to reject gradual emancipation and demand the complete and immediate abolition of slavery.
Answer:Sinking of American merchant ships
Explanation:In early 1917 Berlin forced the issue. Its declared decision on 31 January 1917 to target neutral shipping in a designated war-zone became the immediate cause of the entry of the United States into the war.