HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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Bad relationships with European countries.
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High tariffs from European countries and a small, weak US military.
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The Great Depression and the memory of the tragic losses in WWI.
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The Lend-Lease Act and the Neutrality Acts
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Detailed explanation-1: -America set high tariffs on imports to keep out foreign products. This raised prices for American consumers because cheaper foreign products were kept out of the US market. It also took away an essential market (the US) from many European and Latin American countries.
Detailed explanation-2: -The isolationism policy proposed by President Harding helped the United States gain unprecedented prosperity in the 1920s. prevent wars like WWI. Instead of adding tensions between the United States and the Europe, it was wise to shift the focus from international cooperation to domestic improvement [5].
Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, U.S. foreign policy during the 1920s was characterized by the enactment of isolationist policies; for instance, the U.S. opted not to join the burgeoning League of Nations, even though it had been the nation to first propose such international cooperation.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.