USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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Policy of not choosing sides in a war?

(A) Axism

(B) Allism

(C) ** Neutrality

(D) Isolationism

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Neutralism or a “neutralist policy” is a foreign policy position wherein a state intends to remain neutral in future wars. A sovereign state that reserves the right to become a belligerent if attacked by a party to the war is in a condition of armed neutrality.

Concept note-2: -Neutrality describes the formal position taken by a State which is not participating in an armed conflict or which does not want to become involved. This status entails specific rights and duties.

Concept note-3: -Dozens of European states adopted neutrality at the beginning of WWII, but by 1945 only Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey remained independent or unaligned.

Concept note-4: -2 Violations of Neutrality A violation of neutrality can consist of: (1) an act of war which affects the impartiality of the neutral State, or (2) an act of war which affects the neutral State as a non-participant to the armed conflict.