ISOLATIONISM AND AMERICA
Mr. Vanderporten
Contemporary American History
WHAT IS ISOLATIONISM?
A policy of remaining
apart from the affairs or
interests of other groups,
especially the political
affairs of other countries.
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AMERICA IN THE 1930S
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People think WWI was fought to make
money for bankers and arms dealers
Wants to avoid another war (116,000 KIA)
America First: Organization whose goal it is
to keep the U.S. out of foreign wars
Congress passes Neutrality Acts
U.S. won’t sell weapons or give loans to
countries at war
POLITICAL CARTOONS ABOUT
ISOLATIONISM
YOUR ASSIGNMENT……
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Create your own political cartoon related to
Isolationism (keeping the U.S. out of Europe’s
war)
You are making a political cartoon that
encourages Isolationist ideas like the previous
cartoons we’ve examined
Requirements:
1. Ideas to put in your political cartoon: Uncle Sam,
Hitler or Mussolini, dead soldiers, skeletons,
American flag, anything that shows that war could
potentially be bad (anti-war).
 2. Create a slogan or message at the topic of your
cartoon
 3. Use the whole piece of paper
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