Author Question: All of the following illustrate America's commitment to isolationism in foreign policy except a. ... (Read 106 times)

ssal · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

All of the following illustrate America's commitment to isolationism in foreign policy except

a. Washington's Farewell Address.
b. the Monroe Doctrine.
c. the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930.
d. the National Origins Act of 1924.
e. Wilson's Fourteen Points.

Question 2

The isolationist orientation of American foreign policy had all of these important practical considerations except

a. the United States had leaders that were inexperienced in foreign policy so it was prudent to adopt isolationist policies.
b. the United States was separated geographically from the main areas of international politics and the rest of the world, making isolationism natural.
c. United States was young and weak with a small army and a large land mass, so avoiding conflicts with other nations made sense.
d. forging a sense of nationalism was more important than entangling foreign policy to ensure domestic unity.
e. the task of settling and modernizing America was hard enough to warrant adopting an isolationist orientation.