WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -During the 1920s, the United States strongly resisted binding international commitments and focused instead on preventing the outbreak of war.

Detailed explanation-3: -News of the attack reached Washington, D.C., and the following day, President Roosevelt declared that it was “a day which will live in infamy” and asked Congress for a declaration of war on Japan. The outrage of U.S. citizens following the attack meant the end isolationism in the country.

Detailed explanation-4: -World War I (1914 to 1919) Though actual battle never touched her shores, America’s participation in World War I marked the nation’s first departure from its historic isolationist policy.

Detailed explanation-5: -The US was isolationist in the period leading up to World War II even while moving to become more involved once war broke out. It was the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor that brought the US into the war.