President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s actions in regards to the foreign policy had effective outcomes as well as ineffective outcomes. In his opinion his decisions were based on the protection of America, essentially ignoring other countries in need at the time. Roosevelt passed many neutrality Acts in order to avoid being dragged into another world war. He bypassed the chance to ally with countries fighting against supreme powers, such as Germany, Italy, and Japan.
While Roosevelt’s New Deal was a significant domestic legislative program to revitalize the economy, the president was able to tie aspects of the program into his foreign policy. In the beginning of his presidency, Roosevelt was cautious about protecting only America. Roosevelt put his interests into increasing the nation’s involvement with other countries. He even met with Soviet diplomats to discuss a peaceful allegiance that would increase America’s trade market. Roosevelt used the same concept of friendly diplomatic relations to cool tensions with Latin America. In 1933, he created the Good Neighbor Policy, that granted the United States the right to intervene in hemispheric foreign affairs. …show more content…
American citizens that opposed the war, isolationists, were afraid of the consequences that the participation of the United States could have on the nation. Americans and the nation itself was still recovering from the first World War and the Great Depression so the thought of being in another world war was very much fearful. Roosevelt wanted to be involved in the war because he believed isolating himself from the other countries would make America a target for countries to invade but continued with neutrality laws to appease the American
While Roosevelt’s New Deal was a significant domestic legislative program to revitalize the economy, the president was able to tie aspects of the program into his foreign policy. In the beginning of his presidency, Roosevelt was cautious about protecting only America. Roosevelt put his interests into increasing the nation’s involvement with other countries. He even met with Soviet diplomats to discuss a peaceful allegiance that would increase America’s trade market. Roosevelt used the same concept of friendly diplomatic relations to cool tensions with Latin America. In 1933, he created the Good Neighbor Policy, that granted the United States the right to intervene in hemispheric foreign affairs. …show more content…
American citizens that opposed the war, isolationists, were afraid of the consequences that the participation of the United States could have on the nation. Americans and the nation itself was still recovering from the first World War and the Great Depression so the thought of being in another world war was very much fearful. Roosevelt wanted to be involved in the war because he believed isolating himself from the other countries would make America a target for countries to invade but continued with neutrality laws to appease the American