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ISOLATIONISM
• THOMAS PAINE• JOHN ADAMS• FRANCE 1778-1800• GEORGE WASHINGTON – “steer clear of
permanent alliances”• THOMAS JEFFERSON – “peace,
commerce and honest friendship with all, entangling alliances with none”
ISOLATIONISM
• JAMES MONROE – THE MONROE DOCTRINE
• “In wars of European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken part, nor does it comport with our policy to do so.”
• WHAT IS ISOLATIONISM?• HAS THE UNITED STATES EVER BEEN
ISOLATIONIST?
ISOLATIONISM
• OPPOSITION TO INTERVENTION IN WARS OUTSIDE THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
• NO PERMANENT ALLIANCES• FREE AGENCY
ISOLATIONISM
• 19TH CENTURY• WAR OF 1812 – GREAT BRITAIN• 1846 – MEXICAN WAR• 1898 – WAR WITH SPAIN• EMPIRE BUILDING
ISOLATIONISM
• INTERWAR PERIOD• WILSON – “We need not and we should
not form alliances with any nation in the world.” (1914)
• AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE• LEAGUE OF NATIONS• LODGE, BORAH AND JOHNSON
ISOLATIONISM
• 1930s – HEIGHT OF ISOLATIONISM• JOHNSON ACT – PROHIBITS PRIVATE
LOANS TO NATIONS IN DEFAULT 1934• CONGRESS VOTES DOWN JOINING
WORLD COURT 1935• SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO THE
MUNITIONS INDUSTRY 1934-36• NEUTRALITY ACTS 1935-1937
NEUTRALITY ACTS
• BAN ON LOANS AND CREDIT• EMBARGO ON SHIPMENT OF ARMS• CASH AND CARRY• RESTRICTED TRAVEL• UNARMED MERCHANT SHIPS• NON-INTERVENTIONIST• TRY TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
1938
ISOLATIONISM
• MILITARY CONSCRIPTION 1940• LEND LEASE 1941• MILITARY OCCUPATION GREENLAND
AND ICELAND 1940-41• FREEZE ASSETS 1941• ATLANTIC CHARTER 1941
ISOLATIONISM
• AMERICA FIRST COMMITTEE• DECEMBER 7, 1941 – PEARL HARBOR
ATTACK• UNITED NATIONS 1945• NATO 1949• THE END OF ISOLATIONISM