Neutrality, but after considering that the affairs that happened in Europe and it would eventually impact the state of our country, Woodrow Wilson decided to join forces and help the allies.
The advantages of being a patriot would be that they were fighting for freedom. A disadvantage would they were most likely poor and untrained. An advantage of being a loyalist would be that you have an army on your side. A disadvantage would be you lived a less free life.
If I remember it correctly, D. the cotton gin led to more slavery as one of the surge in production required more slaves to get the cotton.