America has dealt with foreign policy differently throughout history. Foreign Policy played an important role in the U.S. from 1930 to 1941. Many major events had an affect on the America’s foreign policy. Some of these events include World War 1 and 2, the Great Depression, and Isolationism. Soon after World War 1, allied powers created a treaty that would hold Germany responsible for the war and to set peace (The Great ..). America would not sign this treaty because they did not want to be involved in future affairs. In 1929, The Great Depression begins. During this time the U.S. economy was at an all time low. America’s main goal was to repair and look after their own country. U.S. citizens believed part of the Great Depression was Germany’s fault. Congress in the U.S. passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act to tax incoming goods by 60% (The Great..) This would only make the economies in the U.S. and overseas much worse. …show more content…
Isolationism is used to protect our economy and stay away from foreign affairs overseas as seen on the World Events Timeline. Most of America is okay with isolationism taking place. The Nye Committee hearings start in 1934. These hearings are focused on figuring out how World War 1 started and how to prevent it. This gave the U.S. reasons to believe war is pointless and that we should continue isolationism (World Wars Day 2). We still wanted to trade, but did not want to be apart of any wars. Japan and Germany both disregard treaties set place and invade other