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The United States proclaimed its neutrality and isolationist policies while Europe was being split up and fighting.
The policy of the US Government at the onset of both world wars was Isolationism
After World War 1, the United States foreign policy was largely isolationist. This meant that the United States did not join the League of Nations and felt that it would produce American troops to regional European conflicts. The United States created a partial isolation and shun membership to international organizations.
Before World War One, the United States of America had an isolation policy. This meant that they did not involve themselves in any international affairs or wars. However after World War One, there was a massive shift in their policy and they eliminated their isolation policy.
The United States had a strong history for being isolationists-especially in the first world war. The United States also wasn't militarily strong enough to defend itself against either the Germans or the Japanese! The other primary reason was the United States was still dealing with the Great Depression and was too focused on domestic policy, not foreign policy.