HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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Many Americans supported Isolationism
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Germany and the U.S. had a Non-Aggression Pact
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The U.S. feared Hitler’s retaliation
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The Great Depression prevented the U.S. from doing so
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -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-4: -The U.S. would have continued to supply Britain and the Soviet Union with war material, potentially with somewhat more secure lines of supply, especially if the Germans continued to avoid attacks along the Atlantic seaboard.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.