WORLD WAR I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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It had an isolationist policy which meant that it did not want to get involved in foreign wars
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The US has too much debt due the the Great Depression and enough problems to solve on its own
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The US disagreed with keeping the Germans from joining
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The US disagreed with keeping the Soviet Union from joining.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The League of Nations was established at the end of World War I as an international peacekeeping organization. Although US President Woodrow Wilson was an enthusiastic proponent of the League, the United States did not officially join the League of Nations due to opposition from isolationists in Congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -Congress did not ratify the treaty, and the United States refused to take part in the League of Nations. Isolationists in Congress feared it would draw the United Sates into international affairs unnecessarily.
Detailed explanation-3: -Isolationism refers to America’s longstanding reluctance to become involved in European alliances and wars. Isolationists held the view that America’s perspective on the world was different from that of European societies and that America could advance the cause of freedom and democracy by means other than war.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pearl Harbor The outrage of U.S. citizens following the attack meant the end isolationism in the country. Americans realized that this was a war that they would need to join and that it was time for the United States to enter World War II.