American Pageant Dbq 10

American policy changes through the good and rebellious Between the years of 1930 and 1941 american foreign policy changed how it worked and its goals. They changed because of the threats in the outside world and because of all the absolute need for us to get involved in the war. During this time the world war was restarting in Europe and was leaving no choice except for the United States to get involved in the war. People were dissolving treaties and fighting and the united states could not remain neutral if they hoped to avoid losing their allies. The united states foreign policy changed because of threats and because of the need in Europe. Japan was one of the greater threats to America because of how close they were to the US. The fear was that, because japan was completely disregarding and basically ripping international treaties apart, they would just come at us and start war without any regard for safety or any warning (Doc A). On the other hand there was an abstract threat, which Franklin Roosevelt called war. He says civilians, such as women and children are being murdered without justification or cause. Nations claiming land are leaving no freedom in their paths. He also says they need to try and protect the peace that there is (Doc D). There were many outside threats, but there was also a need, in Europe, for lots of help. The major countries in Europe were all in debt to the other countries for the war. Because of this they could not pay each other, the war cost so much on all sides that it was not possible to make the payments. This is why the united states did not want to get involved but had to. While they are all complaining about it americans are sitting back and being like why cant you agree on another method to do this (Doc B). Rejecting isolationism is another way that the policies changed. The new york times tells people that there is no way for hitler to leave us alone. We are exactly the enemy of everything he stands for. This is