What is the main idea of this excerpt from an article in the u. s. constitution: the house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electos of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. no person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five years and been seven years a citizen of the united states and who shall not when elected be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen

APEX: The constitution establishes the qualifications for congressional representatives, as well as specific rules for their election

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.