Question

Puerto rican people were granted american citizenship shortly before world war i, which made them

Answer 1

the answer is  “eligible for the draft“

Answer 2

At the very last that is just before the world war I, a petition called as the Jones-Shafroth was signed to grant the American citizenship to the Puerto Ricans in the year of March 2, 1917, They are mainly granted because they want to recruit them for the war as armed forces and soldiers.