Isolationism
- USA helps out with Dawes plan, 1924
- Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928
- Remains out of World affairs and the League of Nations
- Republican attitude
- The Republican Presidents
- Republican Era
- "Return to Normalcy"
- U.S. unique with no intrests threatened
- U.S. felt they were superior to a corrupt world
- U.S. impregnable to attack
- "Devil" theory of war
- Still limited immigrations especially from Asia
- High tariffs
- Does not guarantee any European agreements (America feels she is a peace loving nation, unlike Europe)
- 1933 USA formally recognizes Stalin's Russia
Interesting Fact
The US still involved themselves in international affairs. The Dawes Plan is an example of one of the many.
Quote
"Faced by the responsibility of leadership in the world, such as had never come to any nation, America backed out of the room, frightened and stammering."
--US Journalist (1920)
--US Journalist (1920)
Subjunctive Question
Would the American economy have been able to reach the state it is in now if the US had been totally isolationist?
Summary
The US remains out of World affairs and the League of Nations. They believe that they are isolationist, however they help out with Dawes plan in 1924 which involved them with France and Germany. The 1920's was the time of "Returning to Normalcy". The US felt as if they were unique with no intrests threatened and that they were impregnable to an attack. The US also believes that they were superior to a corrupt world becasue they did not find the need to get involved in world affairs. Isolationsim continued into the 1930's. The US still had limited immigrations especially from Asia and high tarrifs. The US would not guarantee any European agreements because "America feels she is a peace loving nation, unlike Europe."