SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -International unrest in the 1930s, including Japan’s occupation of Manchuria, Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia, Nazi Germany’s remilitarization and territorial seizures, and the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, threatened US isolationism.

Detailed explanation-2: –The USA did not want to involve itself in any disputes that could lead to war.-The USA had had economic problems, for example the depression.-The USA did not trust Europe, especially after WW1.-The Atlantic ocean and the Pacific ocean surrounded the USA, making communication and trade inconvenient.

Detailed explanation-3: -The US was isolationist in the period leading up to World War II even while moving to become more involved once war broke out. It was the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor that brought the US into the war. The US has been isolationist at other times, with the main example being the US neutrality during World War I.