n 11 November 1918, only a handful of states remained neutral: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain in Europe, and Mexico, Chile and Argentina in South America.

All new countries that were created at the end of World War I

1.Signs of War Across the World – Can America Stay Neutral?The worldwide economic depression of the 1930s took its toll in different ways. In Europe, political power shifted to totalitarian and imperialist governments in Germany, Italy, and Spain. In Asia, a resource-starved Japan began to expand aggressively, invading China and maneuvering to control the Pacific. The United States, on the other hand, withdrew from world affairs to concentrate on its own economic problems. Focusing on his New Deal, and with the trauma of WWI fresh in people’s minds, President Roosevelt vowed to stay out of war.During the Great Depression, Americans were in favor of isolationism, believing that problems at home could only be exacerbated(made worse) by engagement in international affairs. Thus, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's engagement in foreign affairs was limited, even as the gathering storm of Japanese and German military aggression dimmed global prospects for peace. Congress passed a series of laws called the Neutrality Acts to avoid the mistakes that plunged the nation into WWI. These Neutrality Acts kept America out of war in the following ways:Prohibited shipping weapons or loaning money to nations at warForbid American citizens from traveling on ships of nations at warHowever, as Hitler and his Nazi party rapidly gained power, conquering country after country in Europe, Roosevelt began to worry that if America didn’t act, it would remain the last nation standing. He created the Lend-Lease Act in 1941, which “loaned” money and weapons to Britain in exchange for use of military bases. Though technically not violating the Neutrality Acts, it was clear that America was no longer neutral. Roosevelt was elected to a third term, the first president in history to do so, and Hitler ordered attacks on American ships.QUESTION 15 pointsWhich of the following best summarizes the US position on WWII before the attack on Pearl Harbor?SELECT AN ANSWERThe US was completely willing to enter WWII in EuropeThe US passed the Lend-Lease Act in order to help their allies in Europe without fully getting involvedThe US did nothing to help its allies in EuropeThe US helped Hitler fight against the Allies

In early 1917, the United States entered the war on the Allies' side, and later the same year, the Bolsheviks seized power in the Russian October Revolution, making peace with the Central Powers in early 1918. Germany launched an offensive in the west in March 1918, and despite initial successes, it left the German Army exhausted and demoralised. A successful Allied counter-offensive later that year caused a collapse of the German frontline. By the end of 1918, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary agreed to armistices with the Allies, leaving Germany isolated. Facing revolution at home and with his army on the verge of mutiny, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated on 9 Novem

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