isolation
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- Created on: 19-12-18 00:43
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- USA Isolationism
- Great Depression - need to focus on domestic issues
- A combination of the Great Depression and the memory of the tragic losses of World War 1 contributed to pushing American public opinion and policy towards isolationism
- Isolationism advocates non-involvement in European and Asian conflicts and non entanglement between international politics
- A combination of the Great Depression and the memory of the tragic losses of World War 1 contributed to pushing American public opinion and policy towards isolationism
- US Interests and security not directly affected
- The United States continued to expand economically and protect its interest in Latin America
- The expense of the Atlantic Ocean provided the United States with the ability to enjoy a kind of "free security' and remain separate from Old world conflicts.
- No credible naval force to back up any threats
- United States took measures to avoid political and military conflicts across the oceans
- Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president and democrat, hated the idea of war and very much so after the deaths of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in WW1
- Stimson non-recognition doctrine
- In 1932, the policy declared in a note to Japan and China that the US would not recognize any international territorial changes brought about by force. It was enacted after Japan's military seizure of Manchuria in 1931.
- Secretary of State Henry Stimson declared in 1932 that the United States would honor its treaty obligations under the Nine-Power Treaty (1922) by refusing to recognize the legitimacy of any regime like "Manchukuo" that had been established by force.
- Trade with Japan
- policy enacted by Tokugawa shogunate under Tokugawa limitsu through a number of edicts and policies from1633-1639
- Ended after 1853 when the American black ships were commanded by Matthew Perry
- policy enacted by Tokugawa shogunate under Tokugawa limitsu through a number of edicts and policies from1633-1639
- Impact of the first World War - no more involvement in European Quarrels
- treaty of Versailles and league of nations.
- USA voted not to join league of nations didn't want to interfere in European affairs.
- treaty of Versailles and league of nations.
- Great Depression - need to focus on domestic issues
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