ISOLATIONISM Jenel Virden ISOLATIONISM THOMAS PAINE JOHN ADAMS

ISOLATIONISM Jenel Virden

ISOLATIONISM • THOMAS PAINE • JOHN ADAMS • FRANCE 1778 -1800 • GEORGE WASHINGTON – “steer clear of permanent alliances” • THOMAS JEFFERSON – “peace, commerce and honest friendship with all, entangling alliances with none”

ISOLATIONISM • JAMES MONROE – THE MONROE DOCTRINE • “In wars of European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken part, nor does it comport with our policy to do so. ” • WHAT IS ISOLATIONISM? • HAS THE UNITED STATES EVER BEEN ISOLATIONIST?

ISOLATIONISM • OPPOSITION TO INTERVENTION IN WARS OUTSIDE THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE • NO PERMANENT ALLIANCES • FREE AGENCY

ISOLATIONISM • 19 TH CENTURY • WAR OF 1812 – GREAT BRITAIN • 1846 – MEXICAN WAR • 1898 – WAR WITH SPAIN • EMPIRE BUILDING

ISOLATIONISM • INTERWAR PERIOD • WILSON – “We need not and we should not form alliances with any nation in the world. ” (1914) • AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE • LEAGUE OF NATIONS • LODGE, BORAH AND JOHNSON

ISOLATIONISM • 1930 s – HEIGHT OF ISOLATIONISM • JOHNSON ACT – PROHIBITS PRIVATE LOANS TO NATIONS IN DEFAULT 1934 • CONGRESS VOTES DOWN JOINING WORLD COURT 1935 • SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MUNITIONS INDUSTRY 1934 -36 • NEUTRALITY ACTS 1935 -1937

NEUTRALITY ACTS • BAN ON LOANS AND CREDIT • EMBARGO ON SHIPMENT OF ARMS • CASH AND CARRY • RESTRICTED TRAVEL • UNARMED MERCHANT SHIPS • NON-INTERVENTIONIST • TRY TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION 1938

Dr Seuss

ISOLATIONISM • MILITARY CONSCRIPTION 1940 • LEND LEASE 1941 • MILITARY OCCUPATION GREENLAND ICELAND 1940 -41 • FREEZE ASSETS 1941 • ATLANTIC CHARTER 1941

America First Rally Madison Square Garden, New York

ISOLATIONISM • AMERICA FIRST COMMITTEE • DECEMBER 7, 1941 – PEARL HARBOR ATTACK • UNITED NATIONS 1945 • NATO 1949 • THE END OF ISOLATIONISM