"Isolationism" and FDR (1935 - 1941)

1. What were the goals of the isolationists? Why is "isolationism" a misleading term?
Isolationists wanted to stay in the world but they didn't want to be drawn into war and have to fight in war and they still wanted to trade with countries without being effected.
2. What did some isolationists feel that there was no need for Americans to feel threatened by developments in Europe and Asia?
America had friendly relations with all of the countries in the western part of the world and america was separated from Europe and Asia by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

3. What were the purposes of the Nye Committee hearings?
The Nye committee was made to find out the truth about why the United States fought in the Great War.
4. List two impressions that the Nye Committee hearings created.
One was that big businesses pushed the United states into war because it was good for the economy and that banks were greedy.
5. What were the purposes of the Neutrality Acts?
The Neutrality Acts were originated to stop big businesses from selling war materials to countries that were at war. When war materials were sold to countries at war they are helping the war be fought and the businesses were affiliated with the war.
6. List two reasons that some Americans considered Roosevelt's leadership radical and dangerous.
Some saw his leadership as radical because he was presenting new ideas that would greatly affect the United States economy, he packed the court which made everything in his favor and almost make him seem like a dictator and he was going for the longest term out of any other president.

7. What was "Cash and Carry"?
This allowed countries that were at war to buy U.S. supplies from businesses in the U.S. except the countries had to pay in cash and they had to pick it up, it was a way of the big businesses acting like teens and getting around things.
8. Why did President Roosevelt freeze Japanese assets in the United States?
The Japanese invaded European countries in Asia and this infuriated Roosevelt, making him act on freezing the Japanese assets in the U.S.

9. What was the purpose of the America First Committee?
The America first committee's purpose was to prevent the United States from going to war with Japan and the Nazis.