Isolationism

A revolutionary, but flawed man, President Woodrow Wilson blamed Europe’s fragile infrastructure on its dependence on a balance of power, and so he proposed his Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference and with it the groundworks for an effective peace with the creation of a League of Nations. The League would serve as an international parliamentary system responsible for the maintenance of peace through a system of collective security, whereby external aggression against a member nation…

There were many events from the end of World War one to the attack at Pearl Harbor. In America this was a time seen by others as a time of isolation, which it was. The reason America felt the need to isolate themselves is because in November 1918, the American people were depressed and uninitiated from “the Great War”, now called world war one. This lead to the “roaring twenties” where Americans tried to forget about the horrible war, which was the bloodiest war in history during this time, and…

January 30, 1933, the year Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. It is also the start of a period of time that would be later known as the Holocaust. Adolf Hitler was a very strong-minded individual, he liked when things went his way. Germany during this time was a very racial country, people judged others strongly on their religious beliefs, and their political communities. The National Socialist Party, also known as the Nazis, planned to eradicate the Jewish community. This plan…

Thank You Dr. Seuss for shaping Political Views During the era of the Nineteenth centuries World War II broke out, due to Germany, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party who reinforced the nation for war by making pacts with Italy and Japan so Hitler could conquer world domination. Hitler’s invasion in Poland caused Great Britain and France to join forces and declared war on Germany, in results was the outbreak of World War II. Meanwhile in the United States Theodor Seuss who was a third-generation…

Throughout time there have always been a portion of people who do not associate themselves with society. They consider its customs and opinions with certain things to be barbaric, cruel, or even merely not for them. To be put very bluntly, they don’t agree with the customs or considerations which the people of their society have found to be superior. From this group, there then arises a particular portion which then takes their belief to another level and actually base their actions, and their…

Category I - 1. Neutrals – Behavior, Could Have Made a Difference? Introduction This essay thoroughly evaluates the role of two neutral countries throughout the course of the World War II. These neutral countries are Switzerland and United States. I will analyze their behavior in respect to Jews. Did those countries do enough to halt the mass killing of millions of Jews. Lastly, I will conclude, whether some of the deaths could have been prevented by a different stance and whether a better…

Cynicism is the inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism. Cynicism has its roots as a pessimistic outlook on life, which Szymborska regularly conveys through the use of symbolism in her poems. She portrays cynicism in many of her works such as in the poems “Parable” and “Cat in an empty apartment”, and more specifically her use of symbolism to convey her cynical belief that people are intrinsically motivated by self-interest and a sense of…

From the mid 1800’s to the early 1900’s, many nations were trying to expand their influence across the globe. Seeing how Europe and Japan had success with acquiring new colonies, The United States started withdrawing from isolationism and began to consider the benefits of imperialism, a policy by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories. Industrialists wanted raw materials for industries in their home countries and entrepreneurs wanted…

On December 7, 1941, Japanese bombs rained down on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in a day which would not only, according to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, “live in infamy” (Lee 1), but also drag the United States into World War II, an international conflict that would become the hallmark event of the 1940s. This provocation was enough to pull America out of its isolationist policy and onto the global stage, but while battles were being fought overseas, the war was working permanent…

widely-held suspicions. Overall, the reader notices that before he left the presidency, the father of our country cultivated the already well-established ideas of the time period in his Address to give to those people, particularly those related to isolationism as they would allow him to retire with a popular reputation and also leave an enduring message to benefit the future of the…