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How and for what reasons did U.S. foreign policy change between 1920 and 1941? Keep in mind this should include clear analysis of changes in the 1920s and 1930s.
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After WWI , the roaring 20's followed up in the U.S as well as the Great Depression. The US adopted an "isolationist" policy , which meant they would'nt get involved in foreign affairs. They would still deal with other nations but avoided entangling alliances , mainly staying out of European war . This was partial isolationism.Congress try to focus more in economic growth during the 20's and a way to solve the depression in the 30's with the New Deal. They had no intentions in getting involved in world politics and warfare . Not until 1941 . when U.S involved itself in WWII after the attacks on Pearl Harbor.
ReplyDeleteAlso, in 1941 the U.S. began to involved itself in WWII, when FDR forced the Lend-Lease Act through Congress, which permitted the United States to "lend" armaments to England, which no longer had money to buy the tools for war.
DeleteThe U.S. foreign policy changed from 1920-1941 because of isolation and was caused by War World 1.Which the states closed their doors from the rest of the world and also stopped their involvement with the other nations organizations.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. realized that they really didn't gain anything out of going to war. Things were going pretty bad in the U.S. during and after the war but it wasn't until after the war that they noticed.
DeleteAlso the U.S wanted to mainly focus in their economic status .
DeleteThe U.S no longer viewed itself as the "world's cop." The whole nation finally realized their mistake of going into war.
DeleteAna M.
Being isolated wasn't really successfull because the stock market crashed. After they realized, their primary concern was their economic depression.
DeleteThis all dealt with the fact that they cut off all ties with foreign nations because they wanted to try to worry about themselves. It just ended up backfiring on them which led to the depression.
DeleteThe U.S did not want any more economic damage. They were going through very rough times with the GD. Americans were dying of starvation and many had no jobs. Involving themselves in foreign affairs was bad for Americans.
DeleteFollowing the "Black Tuesday" phenomenon, the stock market crash of 1929, the United States fell into a deep economic depression in the aftermath. The Great Depression lasted over a decade in United States, which overlapped with the start of the second world war. The United States was reluctant to embroil itself in the second world war because of its economic troubles resulting from the Great Depression. The United States adopted an isolationist attitude during World War II, which in essence strove to alter the United States' foreign policy to remain absent from foreign affairs. The United States changed its foreign policy to remain absent in foreign affairs in order to focus on recovering from the Great Depression. Unfortunately, the United States was absorbed into World War II when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941.
ReplyDeleteThey also felt that they want to be more isolated after WWI. However as the decades pass, and the economy declines, they NEEDED to be more active with other countries. If they didn't, then they could not have been the country that they are today.
DeleteThe US had to take a step back and rethink how they were going to recover from WWI. I agree with you both in the end
DeleteYup theres not much i can say that edgar didnt explain. The great depression, the dust bowl, the migration west.
DeleteWe can all say that America wanted to recover and rebuild itself and bring itself back up to speed per say after the Great War (WWI), so yes, America did isolate itself only to worry about their own tragedies.
DeleteThe foreign policy changed from being the "world cop" to the super isolated because of the impact of the Great War.America's view changed they didn't want to take care of everybody like they were they thought they deserved to focus on themselves especially with the economic depression america was in.
ReplyDeleteI agree, because America no longer took part in attempting to fix other country's issues, such as Germany trying to expand into Europe, or Japan's invasion into China.
DeleteThe reason they entered the war was because of shooting down of ships which Americans were in.After that like you said they closed their doors and started focusing on themselves because of the Depression. In which the cause was when the stock market crashed.
DeleteAmerica did this because viewing the different problems it was having throughout the country;They were having bad problems as well.America needed to fix its problems then fix others.
DeleteThe U.S. foreign policy changed in the fact that the U.S. stopped controling the worlds problems. The U.S. basically took a bresk and began to be "selfish". The people bega n to rally and ask gor the things that they had been deprived from, for respect of the war and being "a great citizen". Conditions in the US were not going well. The stock market crash due to people maximizing their credit limits. Banks went bankrupt. Many people were fired for protesting for a raise.
ReplyDeleteThe roaring 20s(1920s) caused the great depression because people wasted money foolishly. However after WW2(1940s) , we became rich from war spoils and increased our economic growth. Saving us from the great depression
DeleteI agree that many were fired like the Boston police who protested and went on strike that led the governor Coolidge to put a stop to it.
DeleteU.S foreign policy changed because of oil, in the western nations during this time an abrupt dependence of petroleum products was found to be great in the Middle East. After WWI imperialism from the US, Britain, France, and Germany took over the Middle East, in need for oil since they could use it for cars and warships. Yankee Imperialism would involve setting up puppet governments like Britain and fighting war just to control the oil in Middle Eastern countries, it’s how Iraq became a country because of the oil industry.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting information that reveals the overbearing importance of economic affairs in our government. In efforts to sustain a growing population we are always in need of resources like oil. This is still true today
DeleteI agree with you Seleste... That's also the period when oil began to be sold with Petrodollars, the only thing that has supported the American dollar as long as it has.
DeleteI agree with both of you, ever since the discovery of petroleum, the US has been looking for more sources to get this very important "substance" for them.
DeleteDoes "A return to Normalcy" sound familiar? Well, after the Great War came to a close, Harding promised the Americans, men and women who had felt the cost of war, were tired, disappointed and disallusioned with being the world's big sister, that he would return America to a state of "Normalcy", a return to isolationism. The public attitude toward foreign policy was of uninterested indifference. The Nation wanted shiny new cars, jazz, movies, and entertainment. Life was a gamble that had to be lived in the moment. The Roaring Twenties showed this with the buying and selling of stocks. Everyone even the less priveledged got their hands some. Eventually, the market crashed, banks closed, and people lost faith in the banks. The great depression followed and with it came strict attention to home policy. Another reason for the Americans to let the rest of the world be big boys and girls while America tried to fix their own problems.
ReplyDeleteI agree the U.S had their own problems and was not economically and socially ready for another war.
DeleteGreat post!
DeleteWell as Ms.Macklin pointed out in class "nomalcy" was not even a real world but yet the public wanted the return to normal,they however had no idea they were about to experience the roaring 20s, a decade of consumerism and prosperity.
I agree with you Celia. After the war, the United States fell into the Great Depression. However, Harding promised to change the US and its downfalls. People agreed to his slogan "return to normalcy" and realized they should not be associated with other nations.
Deletein the 1920s Americans witnessed a return to isolationism. After the war they didn't want anything to do with foreign countries. Ignoring Europe, which allowed Hitler to rise to power. We slowly inched our way out of isolationism because we didn't want to see Britain lose to Germany, so we sold them guns. However when Japan bombed pearl harbor December 1941. We left isolationism, by declaring war on japan
ReplyDeleteVery good comment, it is true isolationism ended for us when bombing happened. It caused many other problems.
DeleteOne thing that affected foreign policy is the dewpendance on the sell of petroleum. The US liked the thought of always having petroleum and making it useful. Soon imperialism came along with great britain and US, and france.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. The Western Nations suddenly started depending greatly on Petroleum products which were found in great abundance in the Middle East.
DeleteAgreed. This is the reason why Iraq became a country and during this period, Oil also began being sold in Petrodollars.
DeleteOnce imperialism took over, it caused lots of greed from the other European countries which caused evny and fights to break outs.
DeleteThe United States shifted away from its traditional foreign policy during this time. After WWI, the United States refused to join the League of Nations, and returned to its isolationist policies toward the rest of the world. In the 1930's, under FDR, the US returned to a style of foreign policy closer to that of Wilson, and moved toward more trade and interaction with Europe.
ReplyDeleteYes, they felt like they had enough of being the "world cop" and decided to look out for themselves.
DeleteU.s took a blow after WW1 economically and politically. So they said never again to interference in war so U.S was isolated from the world but was still politically active. This would not end up true due to the relationships with japan. Harding's idea of normalcy did not last.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the U.S. had a change in their perspective of the world and its conflicts which it then had no reason to interfere because of the casualties that occurred in WWI.
DeleteDuring this time, the US looked inward to focus economic growth (during the 20s) and smooth out the depression with the New Deal (in the 30s). The US adopted an "isolationist" policy in which they pretty much ignored (for the most part) foreign affairs.
ReplyDeleteThere was no economic boom at all and when the war ended the unemployment jumped to over 11%.
Of course. After WWI, Americans just wanted to solve their own problems and stabilize themselves from the depression. They had worked so much to help the war and had ended with pretty harsh consequences dealing with society and economic issues.
DeleteAround this time in the US, the government decided they would "isolate" themselves from the rest of the world meaning that they would not join any conflict that any other country was in. Around the 1920s, we start to see many cars been sold to the public as well as more houses being bought.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely. The United States thought that nothing could be worse than their involvement in WWI, and the believed they'd never get involved in foreign affairs unless they concerned them. Little did they know that WW2 would change their outlook.
DeleteThe U.S. started off as the most powerful country of the world, being that the nation would intervene with issues in other countries and attempting to pacify their problems. Although, after WWI, the nation had became isolated from foreign affairs. Due to the effects on our economy after the war, the U.S. had become more committed to stabilizing its own industries during this time of economic depression and avoiding trade with other countries such as Europe and Germany, which would only cause more economic depression by trying to take over the U.S. economy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. America established control after wining Spain and gained many territories and even annexed Hawaii.
DeleteIn the decaded that followed the World War I, U.S. foreign policy became one of isolationism, because following WWI the U.S. retreated from reforming crusades and world leadership. America took a step down from the world stage and moved away from their interventionist policy. The U.S. foreign policy was now based in George Washington's philosophy of staying away from foreign affairs. In latin America, the United States replaced the Platt Amendment with the Good Neighbor Policy in 1934. The main change in policy was that the American government proceeded by less obvious means.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about the platt amendment. Intresting
DeleteI agree with you, that showed that the U.S. wasn't trying to be the "World's Cop" anymore, and were instead interested in their own domestic affairs.
DeleteAfter WWI, the United States went from being the world's cop to ceasing all involvement with other countries. They believed that any involvement in foreign affairs would be of no benefit to the United States. They were a very isolationist country at the time, and they did not join the League of Nations or any other alliances. These policies remained in place for many years and would not change until the start of World War 2.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the United States did start an Isolationist type of thinking due to WWI and continued until WWII. That did cause the U.S. from joining the Legue of Nations and bringing a backbone to the league.
DeleteThe United States between 1920 and 1941 went from being isolated to a more occupied country dealing with foreign affairs. The Great Depression was a harsh period for America because it had to slowly rise up again and could not afford to be involved in foreign affairs. However, the fall of France changed the point of view of the U.S persuading them to be more attentive towards foreign policies but still maintaining its neutral status. The Pearl Harbor attack was a major point that impacted America's isolationism. It pulled the U.S into war.
ReplyDeleteAna Mendoza
Before, the United States was "the nation's cop." They were the ones who set the example and helped other nations by showing them what a proper democracy was. Then WW1 happened and the United States was not pleased with its results. The United States started going through a lot such as the economy going bad, labor strikes, and the market crash, so they decided they needed time to get their stuff together. They also didnt want to be apart of any more wars so they decided they no longer wanted to help other nations and instead went completely isolated.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your post. another thing that changed foreign policy was the oil industry. America wanted oil so their imperialism took over the middle east.
DeleteU.S Foreign Policy changed greatly due to the Western Nations dependence on Petroleum. Petroleum was found great in Abundance in the Middle East. Imperialism from the U.S, France, Britain, and Germany took over the Middle East after WW1. During this period, Oil also began being sold with Petrodollars.
ReplyDeleteSeveral countries expanded their empires after World War One by the Mandate System. After World War One, several European countries gained control of various colonies and territories that were captured by the Allies as the spoils of victory. The Mandate System was the League of Nations' solution to dividing up the conquered territories of World War One. This system gave countries mandates over conquered colonies and territories based on their "Class" divisions.
DeleteThe United State's foreign policy, during this time period, started to lean away from democracy. When the nation suffered from WWI and had to deal with the eye-opening results, many felt that having the nation under democracy was to blame. This caused the nation to push for a Republican president in order to solve the issues. So when Senator Harding, a republican, ran for president and promised "normalcy", it was expected of him to win. After WWI, America wanted to focus on themselves and "normalcy" was seen as the way to go.
ReplyDeleteThe year of 1920 was two years after the end of the first world war and the year of 1941 was a year prior to the second world war. There is so much contrast within these years from 1920 to 1941. In 1920, there was a sense of tiredness and isolation, they felt that they shouldn't be the world's cop. In contrast, the felt that they should be in the war because they needed the money since they had the great depression.
ReplyDeleteYankee imperialism took a big part in foreign policy change and still in effect today. All it means is the US either outright taking over a country or using economic weapons to control them. which they suddenly found in great abundance in the Middle East. After the first world war, imperialism from both the US, Britain, France, and Germany took over in the middle east. That's how Iraq became a country in the first place. That's also the period when oil began to be sold with Petrodollars, the only thing that has supported the American dollar as long as it has.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree yankee imperialism was a great contribution to the foreign policy change. We do still see this kind of imperialism in effect today and in Iraq as well. I like the interesting information about petrodollars.
DeleteThe foreign policy changed for many reasons during this time period. World War 1 had taken a hard hit on the U.S and citizens. People had been working hard to help aid the troops and the war costs, but the results were harsh and bitter. Americans didn't want to have to deal with the "obligations" they had in helping other countries. They wanted to focus on themselves and the issues withing their own nation. Americans wanted "normalcy" that was offered in Harding's presidency which expanded the desire of isolation and selfishness of the country.
ReplyDeleteYes, US citizens were very worried about themselves alone. During Harding's presidency he passed many tariffs to repair WW1 expenses. There was the emergency tariff act, immigration restriction act (native-ism) and the fordrey Mccumber tariff which protect US goods and made outside US good expensive! Foreign policy changed a lot and passing these tariffs made it hard on foreign nations like Europe because we were not buying their goods while they had their great depression. This was also a way for us to make our people buy our goods instead because we were over producing goods.
DeleteAfter WW1 the US stopped its attempts to be the worlds cop. It decided to keep to its self. This wasnt for the best seeing as they cut all connections. This meant there wouldnt be any good or other commerce to be traded. Later on the US faced more problems within its self like the market crash and labor strikes. Isolation wasnt the best idea.
ReplyDeleteDuring the era of imperialism, we built up our navy and got involved in global disputes. Teddy Roosevelt believes we should help every country whether they want it or not. We are the "world's cop". We are exceptional. Then we get involved in WW1 with Wilson. We get involved bedcause it was the end to all wars.Wilson wanted to make the world safe for democracy. Then George Wahington's philosophy returns. His philosophy stated that we should remain isolated and not get involved with any third world countries. U.S was in fear of being dragged into future European Wars. The League of Nations was also defeated because the U.S refused to join. This is the return of isolation.
ReplyDeleteBut isolation also had a negative impact on us. Our market crashed and this affected us greatly
DeleteThe main thing that affected the foreign policy of all western nations during this period was their sudden dependence on petroleum products, which they suddenly found in great abundance in the Middle East. After the first world war, imperialism from both the US, Britain, France, and Germany took over in the middle east.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your post because petroleum was need for the united states cars, factories, and was starting to become a neccessary resource that the united states needed to find it from somewhere so they had no other choice but to change their foreign policies.
DeleteIn 1918, World War I ended and in 1941, World War II began. In between the time was the Roaring 20s era, and the Great Depression. During this time, the US looked inward to focus economic growth during the 20s and smooth out the depression with the New Deal in the 30s. The US adopted an "isolationist" policy in which they pretty much ignored foreign affairs. They didn't not want to nor did they need to get involved in world politics and warfare until 1941. There was no economic boom at all. when the war ended unemployment jumped to over 11%. farming dropped off because there was no more foreign demand for American agriculture. America always had said that they wouldn't get into foreign affairs but as history shows they always have.
ReplyDeleteThe United States only got involved in warfare and world politics when Japan attacked at Peal Harbor, which was why the US began building up their navy all of a sudden.
DeleteThe US stayed Isolated until Japan attacked us first.
DeleteCorrection: The US was building their navy up BEFORE the attack on Pearl Harbor.
DeleteIn "the Age of Intolerance", also known as the 1920s, Harding encouraged the US to "return to normalcy" which is what everyone in that time wanted. The Progressive Era ended in the 1920s, but an influx of anarchists such as Vanzetti and Sacco and Communists arose. Liquor was prohibited bringing people to protest to the 18th Amendment, Flapper Girls rose up as well; outright going against all traditions set for women, and the Jazz age started. However in the 1930s, it was the complete opposite, FDR turned the US into a good neighbor. This good neighbor outlook was destroyed in 1941 when Japan attacked (Pearl Harbor.) The U.S. foreign policies changed due to the United States suddenly growing tired. US grew tired of being the "Hero" for the western hemisphere and began to go by George Washington's isolationalist ways and the Monroe Doctrine. These solutions to staying out of the allied forces and being "isolated" prevented the US from pushing themselves further into fixing the troubles of the rest of the world.
ReplyDeleteWhile the public of United States stayed strongly in favor of European conflict, congress tried to protect from potential hostilities by neutrality legislation. The United states hard to keep them selfs isolated but it became more difficult once war broke out in Europe.
DeleteLike Seleste mentioned before, the main cause for the change of foreign policy was the sudden need for petroleum products. During this time period there was a sudden dependence on oil, specifically in Western nations. Also, oil was needed to power warships and run automobiles that Britain needed as well. In the Middle East oil was of a great abundance. After WWI imperialism from the US, Britain, France, and Germany all took over the Middle East for this specific reason. Everyone needed oil and the country Iraq was formed because of this. The becoming of Yankee imperialism, which is still in effect today, involved the setting up of 'puppet governments'. Britain during this time period was a puppet government used in fighting wars to control oil supply in the middle eastern countries.
ReplyDeleteAfter WW1 the US's forgeign policies changed drastically because we went from being the world's "Cop" to being Isolationists. The roaring 20s was a time of fun and being carefree.
ReplyDeleteAlso, that drastically changed when the Great Depression hit. The U.S economy plummeted, and instead of partying, America had to find solutions to free themselves from disaster.
DeleteOnce the Sotck Market Crash happened, the U.S. began to look inward to focus on recovery. They were no longer concerned with the problems of other nations, only with their own problems. Their primary concern was the economic depression. In order to prosper, they must fix the economy. They also did not want to become involved in any future European problems, such as the upcoming World War II, and tried to avoid as many foreign affairs as possible.
ReplyDeleteThe United States foreign policy had to adapt to change in world power from 1920 to 1941. Tensions were surmounting in Europe and America wanted no part in it. Because of the threat the United States' foreign policy changed to keep America out of conflict.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget that America was in fear of foreigners. Here we saw the rise of the KKK again no longer just dealing with AA but also with Communists
DeleteBetween 1920-1940 foreign policy changed to isolationism. The goal was to get back to "normalcy". United States did little to check rising military aggression of Germany and japan while there clinging to isolationism. Another thing the United States did during 1937-1941 is try to pass the "cash and carry" amendment that would tougher neutrality laws preventing the United States from getting any material to the Allies. The main reason united states changed to isolationism is because they were tired of being involve in foreign affairs. the United States just wanted to focus on their own problems.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Antonia because U.S. was going through there own problems and didn't want to deal with other countries except their own ... so the isolated themselves from other countries
DeleteThe U.S changed the foreign policy drastically. They kind of decided to go into isolation from foreigners. Politically America avoided other countries. The united states entered into a fear stage. A fear of foreigners due to the war. It was during this time that Wilson presented his 14 points.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Elizabeth and like the 14 points bit. Wilson wanted to combat this fear from the get go.
DeleteAfter they returned from the war the unemployment rate reached a drastic 11% and the economy boom was over.
DeleteThe US foreign policy changed impeccably after WW1 because after the war many soldiers were coming back sick and crazy, the US was in huge debt and no longer would we be the worlds cop. The US point of view changed completely. The US went down hill after the war all this debt we had gotten from the war was bad and there had to a way to fix it. During Harding's presidency he set up tariffs which would help the debt and make the us citizens buy the US's goods because there was huge problems in over producing. The war also caused a change in peoples state of mind. We were so set on the view of "The White Man's Burden" the US saw itself as the elite, the worlds cop until after war. After war the whole WMB changed no longer would they try to help and take care of others. The US stopped associating itself with 3rd world countries and started to only think of themselves. The US then isolated itself.
ReplyDeleteAlso The Great Depression contributed to U.S. isolating itself in order to work out it's issues
DeleteU.S foreign policy towards Japan changed by relations becoming very tense between them, ultimately leading them to battle against each other during World War II. After the Roaring Twenties, during the Great Depression, their relations became increasingly tense after the Manchurian Incident and Japanese military attempts at colonization. The United States and allies boycotted Japan via trade embargo, thus, Japan resorted to military force to obtain the raw materials it needed. Prior to Pearl Harbor, their relationship was strained. Western powers were hostile toward Japan, and Japan felt that it was inferior to the U.S. On July 1941, there was a full embargo placed on Japan. What was Japan's reaction? To organize an attack on the U.S. on the Pacific Front.
ReplyDeleteIn the 1920's the citizens of America wanted to break free from foreign problems. This isolation gave America the chance to build up their economy and government. But this also took away our position as the world's cop making us fear foriegners and sparking controversial groups and ideas such as the KKK.
ReplyDeletei agree! But isolation also caused us to suffer from our own demons for example with the bad choice of President Harding's friends.
DeleteThis is true. They basically resigned as the world's cop.
DeleteDuring this time period the US changes their foreign policies dramatically as a result of WWI. The US had no idea how to recover from the debt it caused. They pulled out from many trade deals with different countries. They had no trust in anyone. they soon came to realize the only way the economy could thrive was to have some type of relation with foreign contries.
ReplyDeleteBetween the 1920's and the 1940's the US foreign policy changed dramatically. The reasoning behind this was because two years prior to the start of the 1920's World War 1 was ending and by 1941 World War II was just beginning. Although there was only a 20 year time frame between these two a lot occurred. The 1920's was a time of economic boom but this was not celebrated for long because soon after, the Great Depression came about. When the United States was faced with this they looked inward to focus on economic growth and to smooth out the depression. For a while the US did not want to engage in foreign affairs because they wanted to remain neutral but that changed by the 1940's they had no other choice.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, After WWI the country was trying to get the economy back together. They were focused on growth of the economics and to find ways to get out the depression but it all came to a halt in the 1940's.
DeleteI wonder if anyone has thought to consider specific accomplishments of Presidents Harding or Coolidge? In fact, Harding signed some acts that drastically affected Europe and our foreign relations.
ReplyDeleteAmerican Foreign Policy was put forth with the spanish American war. American imperialism first stArted with the start of investing on a country to annex it. It all took a started with Cuba, U.S invested in Cuba to help win independance from Spain. U.S didn't just Invest but brought philippines from Spain. U.S acomplished to expand the Accordance to Foreign Policy. We can see how U.S put in effort investments to reach their goal.
ReplyDeleteRoosevelt wanted to be involved in the world. After ww1 the united stated focused more on isolationistic ideals.Neutrality Acts of the late 1930s were created in response to the belief that U.S. involvement in World War I resulted from loans and trade with the Allies. The 1935 act banned the shipment of war materials to belligerents and forbade U.S. citizens to travel on belligerent vessels. The 1936 act banned loans to belligerents. The 1937 act extended these provisions to civil wars and allowed the president to restrict nonmunitions sales to a “cash-and-carry” basis. The 1939 act banned U.S. ships from carrying goods or passengers to belligerent ports but allowed U.S. sales of munitions on a “cash-and carry” basis.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the reason our foreign policy changed was because of the need of oil and petroleum from european countries. If the United States knew they had enough resources that they did not need the Europeans help then these policies would have never been changed but after knowing the middle east was a prime spot for the black gold of richness the united states knew they would have to agree to some terms to get what they needed for their cars and factories.
ReplyDeleteBefore ww1 America had acted as the world cop, attending to world affairs as if it was their duty. But after the Great war America have been economically exhausted- therefore putting America into Isolation. But as the years progressed and the economy boomed and plummeted, the United states would eventually participate again in world affairs in WW2.
ReplyDeleteRight especially after japan bombed pearl harbor the us was without a doubt invokved with WW2
DeleteThe U.S. foreign policy changed drasticlly between the years 1920 and 1941. Throughout these years, the US wished to go back to the isolationist foreign policy of the Guilded Age. Pres. Harding called this, "Going back to NORMALCY." This isolation gave America the chance to build up their economy and government. BUT, Being isolated wasn't the best idea because the US later had problems with their markets crashing down, banks closing, and labor strikes erupting. The great depression was also a major problem that followed.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. foreign policy changed drasticlly between the years 1920 and 1941. Throughout these years, the US wished to go back to the isolationist foreign policy of the Guilded Age. Pres. Harding called this, "Going back to NORMALCY." This isolation gave America the chance to build up their economy and government. BUT, Being isolated wasn't the best idea because the US later had problems with their markets crashing down, banks closing, and labor strikes erupting. The great depression was also a major problem that followed.
ReplyDeleteA lot of tragedy occured after war, therefire many proclaimed acts that were believed to prevent acts of war. Major peace societies. Took iniative in taking part in the more advanced and larger intetnational movements. Many of the american citizens did not believe the movements were efficient.
ReplyDeleteYour post could've been more efficient if you included what some of those tragedies and peace societies were. But who took initiative? us or them? What about the league of nations.? But i do agree that many american citizens did not think that some of the offers were good.
DeleteBetween the 1920's and 1940's, The U.S. went through some economic troubles which dealt with the Great Depression. The U.S. thought they were the world's policeman. But after it went through the Great Depression, they decided to adopt an "isolationist" policy. This meant they didn't worry about what was going on in the rest of the world. They wanted to fix their own issues. They followed the New Deal plan which dealt with trying to get the U.S. of it's depression.
ReplyDeleteThe US foreign policy changed because United States shifted away from its traditional policy of isolationism during this time. After WWI, the United States refused to join the League of Nations, and returned to its isolationist policies toward the rest of the world. In the 1930's, under FDR, the US returned to a style of foreign policy closer to that of Wilson, and moved toward more trade and interaction with Europe. Then, in 1941, we entered WWII, at which point we shifted toward becoming one of the two primary world powers.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. foreign policy changed between 1920 and 1941 because the U.S. decided that they were not longer going to be involved. They would isolate themselves from foreign issues. When they usually were the ones everyone leaned on.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S foreign policies changed between 1920 through 1941 because of WW1. Some of the changes was that they could not interfere with international affairs which was the battling that was happening in Britain. This changed after WW1 in the 1930's because the U.S. wanted to be of some help to its allies.
ReplyDeletebetween the 1920s and 1940s we had both a time of economic boom and the great depression. They avoided foreign affairs because they didn't want to and could not afford it. Even though america has always said they would not get involved in foreign affairs they still did throughout history. One big reason was the necessity and profit oil had.
ReplyDeleteThe. United States foreign policies changed between 1920 through 1941 because of world war 1 . Before WW1 the United States was the world cop basically we thought we could control everything but when we went thought the great depression. And didn't care about either countries trouble but our own we want to get out of the depression . So we really did get involved but some trade
ReplyDeleteBetween the 1920s and 40s the U.S suffered a lot of damage. After WWI Americans came back with a new perspective. They'd just won a war and wanted to live life to its fullest. However this uproar of happiness caused a GD. Americans began dying of starvation and with many unemployed the country began to see a very rough path. Not only was it occurring in America but also elsewhere. In other parts of the world this GD was a lot worse. Money had no value and people saw no way to get better. After adopting a new foreign policy Americans started to feel somewhat reassured that the good times would come back. Another war is something many Americans feared. The government decided that from then on Americans would stay out of foreign affairs and stop trying to be the solution to every problem.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S foreign policy changed between the 1920s and the 1940s because of the Great Drepression. The U.S was in economic drop and it was not improving even with policy's that declared that we would not help no othey countries until ours problems were solved.
ReplyDeleteThat's true, and the US did not want more people coming in to the US because we already had a 25% of people without jobs, we did not need more people.
DeleteThe U.S. foreign policies changed between 1920-1941 because the nation was hit in the economy after WWI so they decided to but out for a while and "just have fun" during the Jazz Age,which caused The Great Depression. The U.S. isolation period then had some cause to WWII since they ignored what happen.
ReplyDeletei agree, They wanted to have fun and be care free, but that hit them hard in a long run because then they went into huge debt, the great depression.
DeleteIsolationism from world war one was one of the major reason that the US wanted to change foreign policy. During WW1 we were afraid of Japan and Japanese immigrants.
ReplyDeleteI agree because it was best for the U.S to keep to themselves for the moment just in case of another attack from Japan.
DeleteBetween the 1920 - 1941 the U.S forgien polices had changed due to the fact that the economy was greatly hit, this point in time was called, The Great Depression. The U.S called themselves "The World's Cop" but after returning from the war, they made a decision to not worry what was going on in the rest of the world, the U.S had problems of their own and they had to fix themselves before helping out others.
ReplyDeleteDue to the involvement in World War I was one cause of the isolation from other countries. Foreign policies after the war opened up and brought reality to the nation with the new idea of having no reason to join in others conflicts. This was also a large change from being the worlds cop and having to deal with those that wanted to change the peace of the world.
ReplyDeleteThe United States had been involved in the attempt to resolve conflicts that were occuring around the world which was mainly a burden to the nation. Though we were the "worlds cop" there was a sudden change from intervening in others affairs though still having to deal with problems in our own society. Isolation was one symptom that we as a nation started to succumb to because of the large loss of Americans in WWI. Soon after Isolationism had began problems that other countries needed help in was no longer our buisness.
ReplyDeleteright, they did act as the worlds cop; the us started off isolated then after WWII it became a super power and started intervening.
DeleteBefore the attack on pearl harbor the United States was more of Isolationist. the united states was more chill and werent involved in any forgein affairs. However after the attack on pearl harbor, we became a superpower, we bacame a whole lot more involved. The end of isolationism came with the bombing of pearl harbor.
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