HISTORY
THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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create jobs for the sluggish economy
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improve U.S. relations with Japan
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help countries fight the European Axis powers
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end U.S. isolationism
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Detailed explanation-1: -When World War I broke out in July 1914, the United States actively maintained a stance of neutrality, and President Woodrow Wilson encouraged the U.S. as a whole to avoid becoming emotionally or ideologically involved in the conflict.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kennan and Containment, 1947 George F. Kennan, a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of “containment, ‘’ the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war (1947–1989) with the Soviet Union.
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: -In the Cold War, the United States would maintain its stance that the only way to halt the expansion of communism was through development of increasingly advanced weapons systems.
Detailed explanation-5: -isolationism, national policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries.