Janae Anderson
Mr. Toma
APUSH
16 January 2018
The Holocaust DBQ In 1930, Hitler began his reign of terror through Europe. In 1941, the routine of mass killings of Jews. America was in a state of isolation, the federal government did not want to be involved in foreign affairs. On the other hand, this slowly changed when World War II came around. American wartime activity gradually grew throughout the timeline of the Holocaust and afterwards from foreign policies of isolation, being involved in the war, to assisting in the creation of the United Nations, redeeming the world from the failed League of Nations. However, even though America did become a global figure, they may have accepted more people of different races and ethnicities, but
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As a result, the League of Nations failed. The Neutrality Act of 1935 was also passed which stated America would not get involved in foreign affairs. This also remained when World War II started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and when the mass killing of Jews in 1941 began. Due to isolation, and other factors, President Roosevelt and his administration did as little as possible to assist in the liberation of Jews. “As early as 1942, high officials in Washington had incontrovertible evidence that Hitler's forces were rounding up Jews and others from all over Europe, and transporting them to concentration camps… systematically murdering them” (Document A). Selfishly, America remained to itself, regardless of the millions of lives at stake and made up multiple excuses as to why it was not possible to assist even a little. In the beginning and throughout most of the Holocaust, American support was not …show more content…
The country has a new viewpoint of peace and joins other countries to create the United Nations, as a way to keep world peace and settle foreign affairs. “The United States now exerts a tremendous influence in the cause of peace throughout all the world” (Document F). Additionally, the charter for the United Nations was signed on June 26, 1945 and came into force on October 24, 1945. “We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind” (Document G). America agreed to this union to prevent another war from affecting the