isolationist

Examples of isolationist in the following topics:

• Roosevelt's Second Term

  • While Roosevelt said in 1939 that France and Britain were America's "first line of defense" and needed American aid, because of widespread isolationist sentiment, he reiterated and said that the U.S. would not go to war.
  • The fall of Paris shocked American opinion, and isolationist sentiment declined.
  • Both parties gave support to his plans for a rapid build up of the American military, but the isolationists warned that Roosevelt would get the nation into an unnecessary war with Germany.

• Interventionism

  • As the world was quickly drawn into WWII, the United States' isolationist policies were replaced by more interventionism.
  • The US was not merely non-isolationist (i.e. the US was not merely abandoning policies of isolationism), but actively intervening and leading world affairs.

• World War II

  • Although isolationists kept the U.S. out of WWII for years, the interventionists eventually had their way and the U.S. declared war in 1941.

• FDR's Third Term

  • During his second term, Roosevelt slowly began re-armament in 1938, although he was facing strong isolationist sentiment from leaders like Senators William Borah and Robert Taft.
  • As Roosevelt took a firmer stance against the Axis Powers, American isolationists (including Charles Lindbergh and America First) vehemently attacked the President as an irresponsible warmonger.

• Complications of Globalization

  • North Korea is a prime example of an isolationist state, resisting globalization and strictly regulating what products, individuals, and even ideas are permitted to pass their country's borders.

• Postwar Isolationism

  • Harding supporting American opposition to the League of Nations, proved that the isolationist stand enjoyed substantial support among ordinary Americans.

• The Mood in America

  • Harding supporting American opposition to the League of Nations, proved that the isolationist stand enjoyed substantial support among ordinary Americans.
  • In his campaign against Republican Wendell Willkie, Roosevelt was acutely aware of popular isolationist sentiments and stressed both his proven leadership experience and his intention to do everything possible to keep the United States out of war.

• Promoting Peace Abroad

  • Although not an isolationist, President Coolidge was reluctant to enter into foreign alliances after America suffered dramatically to help win what was essentially a European war.

• Korea, Communism, and the 1952 Election

  • The Republican Party saw a contest between the internationalist and isolationist perspectives.

• The Debate over Preparedness

  • Wilson took his cause to the people in a major speaking tour in early 1916, winning over the middle classes for his preparedness policies, but failing to impact the largely ethnic working classes and the deeply isolationist farmers.