Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 27
- Lesson
- Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, consider three (3) of the following events:
- Treaty of Versailles
- Rise of fascism, militarism and imperialism
- Failure of the League of Nations
- Hitler and the Nazi Party
- The Lend Lease Act
- Japanese expansion and the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Based on your three selections, choose two (2) of the following and craft a response for your selections:
- Assess if the United States foreign policy during the 1930s helped to promote World War II. Could the United States have prevented the outbreak of World War II? If so, how? If not, why not?
- Explain if the United States, despite neutrality, aided the Allies against the Axis powers.
- Analyze if the use of atomic (nuclear) weapons to defeat enemies in war is a setback for democracy (President Truman’s decision to drop the atom bomb on Japan).
ANSWER
The United States foreign policy of the 1930s certainly had a role to play in promoting World War II. Then again, I cannot blame the country as it too had its fair share of crisis. The country had opted to adopt isolationism and focus on its internal problems, which included the Great Depression. It did not have the resources at the time to continue focusing on the issues in Europe. At the same time, European nations were also being affected by economic hardship. For instance, Germany was experiencing an economic downturn and both Great Britain and France were having a major financial crisis ((Department of State, 2021b). The economic turmoil…. To access full answer, click on the purchase button below.