What was America's position before World War 2?

Answer 1

The United States were on the Allies side after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 12,1941. Before the war, the United States was neutral, trying to stay out of the war, hoping to minimize deaths.

Answer 2

The US was neutral before and for a few years into WWI. The US believed in a policy of isolationism. It wasn't our war. It took the sinking of the Lusitania before the US considered entering the war. It also took yellow journalism and a mysterious letter to Mexico by the German consulate to bring the US into the war.

Answer 3

The position of the United States prior to both wars was one of neutrality. The entry of the United States was based on several factors, but note that while the war itself broke out in 1914, the U.S. did not deploy troops until 1917.

Because of the massive casualties suffered by both sides during the first war, most nations were reluctant to fight again. The U.S. again followed a policy of neitrality when WW II broke out. When the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7th, 1941, the policy evaporated. The U.S. did not committ to sending troops to Europe until the Germans and Italians, in honoring the terms of their treaty with Japan, declared war on the U.S. on December 11th.

Answer 4

Before WWI, the US remained neutral. After WWI, the US had fought with the Allied powers against the Axis powers.

Answer 5

The US had been developing into a world power since the Spanish-American War of 1898, when the US obtained it's over-seas possessions (Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, etc.).

Answer 6

We were kinda on the back burner until ww2