1. ASH HIS 204 W EEK 3 DQ 2 T HE E ND OF I SOLATION NEW C HECK THIS A+ TUTORIAL GUIDELINE AT HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM / HIS -204- ASH - NEW / HIS -204- WEEK -3- DQ -2- THE - END - OF - ISOLATION F OR MORE CLASSES VISIT HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM I N 1938, IN M UNICH, THE B RITISH P RIME M INISTER N EVILLE C HAMBERLAIN MADE A DEAL WITH A DOLPH H ITLER ALLOWING N AZI G ERMANY TO ANNEX C ZECHOSLOVAKIA ’ S S UDETENLAND. H AILED AS A HERO FOR HIS DIPLOMACY AT THE TIME, C HAMBERLAIN IS NOW WIDELY REVILED FOR HIS POLICY OF “ APPEASEMENT ” TO N AZI AGGRESSION. Y ET ONE YEAR LATER, C HAMBERLAIN WOULD LEAD B RITAIN INTO WAR AGAINST G ERMANY IN DEFENSE OF P OLAND ONCE IT BECAME CLEAR THAT APPEASEMENT HAD FAILED. B Y CONTRAST, THE US DID LITTLE TO HALT H ITLER ’ S INITIAL EXPANSION, AND ENTERED INTO THE WAR ONLY GRADUALLY, ATTEMPTING, UNTIL ATTACKED DIRECTLY, TO SWAY THE OUTCOME WITHOUT GOING TO WAR ITSELF. N EVER AGAIN WOULD THE US REMAIN SO ALOOF FOR SO LONG FROM SUCH A MOMENTOUS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR. A S SUCH, THE S ECOND W ORLD W AR REPRESENTS A TURNING POINT IN A MERICAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND IT IS PERHAPS HARD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE US TOOK SO LONG TO TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION AGAINST THE A XIS P OWERS. HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM / HIS -204- ASH - NEW / HIS -204- WEEK -3- DQ -2- THE - END - OF - ISOLATION HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM

2. OVER THE COURSE OF THE 1930 S. W HAT ARGUMENTS WERE MADE IN FAVOR OF ISOLATIONISM ? H OW AND WHY DID A MERICA ’ S ISOLATIONIST STANCE ERODE ENTERING INTO THE 1940 S ? A FTER CONSIDERING HOW A MERICA ENTERED INTO THE WAR, REVIEW THE WAR ’ S IMPACT ON THE U NITED S TATES. A DDRESS THE CHANGES WHICH THE WAR EFFECTED ON A MERICAN SOCIETY GENERALLY, ALONG WITH ITS SPECIFIC IMPACT ON J APANESE A MERICANS, A FRICAN A MERICANS, WOMEN, AND SERVICEMEN. W HAT ROLE DID THESE GROUPS PLAY IN THE WAR ? H OW LASTING WERE THE CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE WAR FOR THESE GROUPS ? I N YOUR RESPONSE, DRAW FROM MATERIAL FROM AT LEAST THREE OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS AND VIDEOS : A. W ORLD W AR II: T HE ROAD TO WAR B. W ORLD W AR II: T HE WORLD AT WAR C. D ES M OINES SPEECH D. T HE N YE REPORT E. A DDRESS OF THE P RESIDENT DELIVERED BY RADIO FROM THE W HITE H OUSE F. N EUTRALITY ACT G. N EUTRALITY ACT H. L END - LEASE ACT Y OUR INITIAL POST SHOULD BE AT LEAST 200 WORDS IN LENGTH. S UPPORT YOUR CLAIMS WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE REQUIRED MATERIAL ( S ) AND / OR OTHER SCHOLARLY RESOURCES, AND PROPERLY CITE ANY REFERENCES. R ESPOND TO AT LEAST TWO OF YOUR CLASSMATES ’ POSTS BY D AY 7 IN AT LEAST 100 WORDS. W HEN RESPONDING TO CLASSMATES, YOU SHOULD REFER TO THE MATERIAL FROM ONE OF THE SOURCES WHICH YOU DID NOT REFERENCE IN YOUR INITIAL POST.