Sit on their hands and hope to hell the British and Russians would win without their assistance or if not try to make a treaty with that nice man Hitler. Some of them considered it OK for you to loan the UK a lot of money for armaments and make a heathy profit on the interest repayments but just not to send actual troops.
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Isolationists and America Firsters
During World War I, internationalists believed that the United States should take the first steps to creating a world government. This world government would theoretically be able to solve the world's problems through diplomacy and international dialogue and arbitration.
It was 99 percent yes. Montana Senator did not vote yes. It was an overnight sensation as most of the Senators were isolationists.
Isolationists put forth the idea that the war was none of America's business and that we should not take part. However, when the Attack on Pearl Harbor occurred, it showed that even if the US wanted to stay out of the war, the war would not stay away from the US. A direct attack on an American military base was a declaration of war and could not be ignored. Even die-hard isolationists could not support a non-aggressive military policy after that. Thus, the political divisions between the two camps dissolved as the people formed a united front against the aggressors: the Axis powers.
Most of the isolationists felt that European problems should be left to the Europeans to solve and that it was unnecessary for the US to become involved in a foreign war .
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The United States started off as Isolationists in WW2 but after the bombing of Pearl Harbour they stopped being Isolationists.
If you mean in the united states, then yes, many people didn't want to go to war with Germany because the atrocities the Germans were commiting were unknown at that time, and many, "Isolationists" they were called, believed the U.S should not involve itself in European affairs
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The US senate rejected joining the League of nations
# Isolationist-Ex.after world war 1 (1914-1918),isolationists in the senate reject the treaty of versailles. #
Many Americans became Isolationists after World War 1 since they felt there were millions of needless deaths and the issues and troubles in Europe were not our troubles. They were right in essence but they failed to understand that World War 2 was about them.