Question

Explain the reasons for United States neutrality during the 1920's and 1930's

Answer 1

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It was politically neutral to a certain extent but it invested heavily in Germany during the 1920s.
When the Wall Street crash happened in 1929 it called in all its loans to germany which once more threw the Germans into economic and social distress.
This gave Hitler his big chance.
At the outbreak of WW2 in September 1939 one third of Americans were of German descent and some of them joined Hitler's forces before America came into the war in December 1941.
The German Americans took part in Hitler's last offensive in the West, The Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, when the American forces sustained their worst defeat of the war.
The German Americans dressed in American uniforms and were able to penetrate the front line easily.

Answer 2

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America was still following the Monroe Doctrine which was to keep Europeans out of the Americas and leave Europe to their own. Keep in mind that the USA is comprised of people from all over Europe at the time, and it's easy to see that Congress could not get the 2/3rds majority to declare war on anyone.