WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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by refusing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles
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by refusing to enforce the decisions of the League of Nations
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by refusing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles
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by prohibiting the sale of arms to countries at war or engaged in civil war
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Detailed explanation-1: -Between 1935 and 1937 Congress passed three “Neutrality Acts” that tried to keep the United States out of war, by making it illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms, or other war materials to belligerent nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the 1930s, the combination of the Great Depression and the memory of tragic losses in World War I contributed to pushing American public opinion and policy toward isolationism. Isolationists advocated non-involvement in European and Asian conflicts and non-entanglement in international politics.
Detailed explanation-3: -Congress passed a series of Neutrality Acts in the late 1930s, aiming to prevent future involvement in foreign wars by banning American citizens from trading with nations at war, loaning them money, or traveling on their ships.
Detailed explanation-4: -However, the watershed regarding the history of U.S. foreign policy was the shift from isolationism to interventionism after World War II. The turning point was signaled by a series of military activities during and after WWII such as the involvement of the US in WWII and the US intervention in Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Neutrality Acts were a series of acts passed by the US Congress in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 in response to the growing threats and wars that led to World War II.