Reasons for Isolationism
- Created by: lilyhaghighat
- Created on: 26-02-14 20:25
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- Isolationism
- Causes
- Money: becoming involved in foreign affairs would cost money
- American Soldiers: 100,000 American soldiers died fighting in Europe in the first world war
- Immigrants
- German Immigrants: USA had a lot of German and Austrian citizens.
- European Immigrants: In 1919, Europe was full of revolutionary ideas.
- E.g: Communism, Socialism and Anarchism
- Americans hated and feared these ideas. Any further contact with Europe was to be avoided.
- The American economy boomed as a result of the First World War
- USA exported weapons and food to Europe
- No Fighting happened on American Soil
- After the war, European industries (who had been damaged) bought American goods with American loans.
- No Fighting happened on American Soil
- USA exported weapons and food to Europe
- Causes
- German Immigrants: USA had a lot of German and Austrian citizens.
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