Isolationism

Identify all of the policies below which were taken by the United States prior to WWII to maintain an isolationist policy.

• the Neutrality Acts prohibited American from traveling on ships of nations at war.

• Quarantine Speech in which Roosevelt encouraged peaceful countries to isolate aggressive nations like Japan.

• Destroyers for Bases agreement in which the U.S. exchanged 50 naval destroyers for rights on lands Britain had previously possessed

• Lend-Lease Act Roosevelt agreed to sell, lease, or lend war materials to any country he believed was important to the defense of the U.S.

The refusal of the United States to join the League of Nations reflected a desire of the nation to

• return to a policy of isolation

• abandon neutrality in favor of collective security

• take an active role in solving the worlds economic problems

• actively involve itself in preventing world tensions

Which most accurately characterizes the policy followed by the United States in the years between WWI and WWII?

• Isolation from European military conflicts

• containment of Communism

• active membership in the League of Nations

• military alliances with France and Great Britain

Which trend in U.S. foreign policy is shown by the passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939, the destroyers for bases deal, and the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?

• withdrawal from overseas colonies

• expansion of trade with the Axis powers

• increase in support for the Allied powers

• reduction in war preparedness

1. Banning loans to nations at war.

1. Prohibiting the sale of arms to nations at war.

The governmental actions listed above were similar in that each was intended to

• keep the United States out of war

• protect American colonies from foreign aggression

• limit the influence of Japan in the Pacific

• support efforts for the U.S. to join the League of Nations

Based on this document, what would Charles Lindbergh and those that agreed with this speech have been labeled?

• imperilaists

• isolationists

• interventionists

• war-mongers

Identify two reasons the U.S. followed a policy of isolationism.

• Europe after WWI saw the rise of dictatorships.

• Americans were cut off by two oceans from Europe and Asia.

• Americans were disenchanted with problems in the world.

• Benito Mussolini formed the Fascist Party in Italy.

Identify two policies changes that showed the U.S. was moving away from its policy of isolationism.

• Passage of the Neutrality Acts

• Growth of radio and magazine advertising

• Entered into a Destroyer for Bases Agreement

• Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act

What was a major goal of U.S. foreign policy in the 1930s?

• provide defensive weapons to our European friends

• increase European immigration to the United States

• fund the construction of a wall separating France from Germany

• bring Hitler and Mussolini to trial as war criminals