The Great Depression and World War I. After the American experience of World War I, it is not surprising that the Americans were simply ashamed of being involved in foreign affairs. Seriously Stan? A gun pun? Now? No. Now the United States really came out of World War I stronger than ever before but many people died as a result of such a change. I mean, I think the Versailles Treaty was revised by Europe, but it didn't make it any better. And the League of Nations was a flop and there were often many embarrassing ideas. The period between 1920 and the U.S. entering World War II is called the anage of isolationism, although that is 100% inaccurate. I mean, for one thing the US has sponsored a series of arms reduction talks that led to Washington agreements limiting the number of warships the country could have. However, those discussions led to a mass extermination because the idea of the nation blocking its ships was even more ridiculous than the League of Nations, which I will remind you of, established and abolished. Alternatively the U.S. which was subject to isolation was our adherence to the Good Neighbor Policy with Latin America. We are called that because we were not good neighbors.
Our goal was to become less involved in Latin American politics, and we removed the troops from the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which was a “good neighbor” but an exaggeration. I mean we continued to support oppressive dictators like Somoza in Nicaragua and Batista in Cuba. You know, we wouldn't be really big neighbors. However, we distinguished ourselves in the sense that the United States was less involved in world trade, especially because of the Depression, you know which meant that there was not much world trade, but also because of tax policies. Asia began to have conflicts in the 1930s with the Japanese invasion of China, the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, and the rise of Fascist dictatorship in Spain and, of course, Germany, Congress responded. to pass a series of neutral actions that prevented the sale of arms to belligerents. Even though they were really nice, they drank tea belligerents that we were friends of. And that points to another reason why people tend to take this period for granted, our old friend Eurocentrism. We were generally neutral about foreign intervention when it came to Europe. Famous groups, such as America First with celebrity members from Charles Lindbergh to E. E. Cummings warns of involvement in foreign affairs. But mostly they understood European news.
The US did not officially join the war until two years after Hitler invaded Poland but the United States was deeply involved in the European war before we actually sent troops who really wanted to help the Allies, especially the British, who later surrendered to the French. In 1940 they were the only ones who fought against the Nazis until 1941, when a large number of Russians fought against them. Even Congress recognized the Nazis as a threat, and in 1940 it agreed to allow the sale of Cash and Carry weapons in Great Britain. The arms were a “cash” sale which meant they were not paid on loans or by IOUs and part of the carrier meant that the British would carry their arms to Britain. It's the difference between buying a pizza at a store and bringing it in, except that, you know, it's not the same length and I want a pizza. Then in September 1940 Congress formed the first national structure in a time of peace, taking the next step of involvement.
And that was a lot of money because, you know, you don't create an army without having the desire to spend it in the end. In 1941, in spite of all our neutrality, FDRhad was openly biased against the Allies. The United States has become a "democracy" through a Credit Act authorizing military aid to countries that have promised to repay in some way after the war. We promise, we will clarify.So, the US actually provided Britain with weapons and military equipment worth billions of dollars, too, after the Nazis invaded the USSR in June 1941, too. goods here and basically ended all trade between America and Japan. However, a war-torn incident took place on December 7, 1941, when Japanese pilots stormed the US Marine Corps on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. 187 planes were destroyed, 18 ships damaged or destroyed, and more than 2,000 American soldiers were killed. The FDR asked Congress to issue a declaration of war, which gave 477 votes to one.
And the next day, Germany declared war on the United States and World War II officially declared war.
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