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Isolationism In History

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Despite what it may seem, the history of the United States is steeped in isolationism. Even George Washington was a strict isolationist who bashed those taking sides in the French Revolutionary Wars and who wanted nothing more than for America to focus on its own greatness. So what could have driven such a domestically driven country to choose a side in the bloodiest conflict in history? An attack on her own soil, at Pearl Harbor. As World War II raged on in Europe, President Roosevelt did what he could to keep his country from getting involved. However, the longer the war went on, the further down the slippery slope of war the U.S. sank, until the tipping point of Pearl Harbor was reached. On December 11, 1914, when the skies of the

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