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American Isolationism during World War II

American Isolationism during World War II. By John . American Isolationism. Who started the isolationism in American? Who was involved? What were the effects of isolation? Where did most of the major events happen? Why did American support isolation?

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American Isolationism during World War II

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  1. American Isolationism during World War II By John

  2. American Isolationism • Who started the isolationism in American? • Who was involved? • What were the effects of isolation? • Where did most of the major events happen? • Why did American support isolation? • What event happened to change our views? • When did this all take place?

  3. What was Isolationism? • Isolationism is the pejorative twentieth-century term used for America's traditional noninvolvement in European wars and avoidance of "entangling alliances.“ • It assumed the United States' interests and values were different from and superior to those of Europe and held that America could lead the world toward freedom and democracy more effectively through example than through military action.

  4. Why did Americans believe in Isolationism? The experience of World War II changed American attitudes toward isolationism. The United States recognized that to be safe it needed allies. As a result, the country’s postwar policy was based on international cooperation and collective security.

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  6. Who was Involved? • The Roosevelt administration and leadership elites led Americans to support the creation of a United Nations Organization, and after the war the challenges posed by the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin argued against the resumption of isolationism.

  7. Who was a part of Isolationism? • Jeannette Rankin was the only person to vote “NO” in congress of both world wars. • Isolationists, however, never favored cutting off the United States from the rest of the world, nor did they rule out the possibilities of American expansion in the Western Hemisphere, the Pacific, and East Asia.

  8. What were the effects of isolationism?

  9. Why did American support isolationism? • The citizen of United States did not supported isolation because of there involvement in the recent WWI

  10. What event happened to change our views? • The bombing of pearl harbor was the event that changed the American views • On December 11, Germany and Italy Declared war on the United States.

  11. When did this all take place • The tradition of Isolationism was from 1939 to 1941 in the United States

  12. Where did most of the major events happen? Most of the decisions about isolationism came in the United States and Europe

  13. Works Cited • United States Government ." 28 Nov. 2004. Isolationism . MSN Encarta. 30 Nov. 2004 <http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741500781_6/United_States_(Government).html#p149>. • "American Isolationism." 30 Nov. 2004. World War II Isolationism . World Book Online . 30 Nov. 2004 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Search?st1=World+War+II+Isolationism>. • "About Jeannette Rankin." 2004. About Jeannette Rankin. About. 01 Dec. 2004 <http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_jeannette_rankin.htm>. • "Isolationism." 12 Nov. 2004. Readers Companion to American History. Houghton Mifflin . 02 Dec. 2004 <http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_046200_isolationism.htm>.

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