AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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containment and interventionism
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neutrality and isolation
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collective security and defensive alliances
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internationalism and free trade
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Detailed explanation-1: -Isolationists advocated non-involvement in European and Asian conflicts and non-entanglement in international politics. Although the United States took measures to avoid political and military conflicts across the oceans, it continued to expand economically and protect its interests in Latin America.
Detailed explanation-2: -Isolationists believed that World War II was ultimately a dispute between foreign nations and that the United States had no good reason to get involved. The best policy, they claimed, was for the United States to build up its own defenses and avoid antagonizing either side.
Detailed explanation-3: -Americans, after learning of the destruction and cost of World War I, did not want the United States to become entangled in another European conflict which could lead to another devastating war.
Detailed explanation-4: -Public Opinion Is Not Isolationist Respectively, 68 percent and 59 percent of Americans say alliances with Europe and East Asia benefit both the United States and its respective allies. 73 percent support maintaining or increasing American commitments to NATO.