HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They feared what Germany would do to the United States.
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The United States had other plans of taking over the world.
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The United States passed laws that required President Roosevelt to remain neutral.
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They did not care about the affairs of Europe.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unprepared and unwilling to be drawn into a European conflict, the United States sought to protect its interests by remaining neutral in the war in Europe. Simultaneously, the United States relied on trade with both France and the British Empire as a vital driver of economic growth.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States wanted to remain neutral because after WWI, most European nations refused to pay their debts. Because arms factories made so much money during the war, many Americans felt they had steered the country into war. The U.S. tried to remain neutral, but the British needed help.
Detailed explanation-3: -When war broke out in Europe, the United States immediately declared its neutrality. President Woodrow Wilson stated that America must be “impartial in thought as well as in action.” For a century, the U.S. had stayed out of European affairs. Most Americans preferred to continue this policy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Neutrality, combined with the power of the US military and the protection of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, would keep Americans safe while the Europeans sorted out their own problems.
Detailed explanation-5: -In essence, the American public understood by late 1941 that it would have to go to war to help defend Britain against Nazi Germany. Yet it was ultimately an attack by Japan, a member of the Axis Alliance and thus an ally of Nazi Germany, that ended Americans’ debate about whether to intervene in the war.