Isolationism Flashcards
How many Americans did USA lose in ww1?
100,000 so they didn’t want to go to war again
Who won the 1920 election and why?
Warren Harding as he promised to return to a state of normality
What is isolationism?
USA remaining separate from the rest of the world, to not get involved with European affairs
What were the effects of isolationism?
In 1922 the fordney McCumber tax was introduced
The ‘open door’ policy was stopped and in 1921 the quota system started
What is a WASP?
White-Anglo-Satan-Protestant
What did USA refuse to do in order to achieve isolationism?
Join the League of Nations to avoid being ‘the worlds policemen’
Why did most Americans not want to join th League of Nations?
Thought France and Britain would take it over and that America would be called on to help fight their colonies but colonies didn’t fit in with Americas idea of democracy
Worried it would cost them money (expensive wars)
