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The South and U.S. Foreign Policy between the Wars

The South and U.S. Foreign Policy between the Wars. 1920s. Was the United States isolationist during the 1920s? If not, how should U.S. foreign policy be described during this decade? Should 1920s policies be deemed successful?

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The South and U.S. Foreign Policy between the Wars

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  1. The South and U.S. Foreign Policy between the Wars

  2. 1920s • Was the United States isolationist during the 1920s? • If not, how should U.S. foreign policy be described during this decade? • Should 1920s policies be deemed successful? • Should U.S. leaders in the 1920s have anticipated events in the 1930s and pursued different policies?

  3. Southern Foreign Policy Perspectives in the 1920s • Party politics • Economics • Race

  4. International Changes in the early 1930s • Japan in Manchuria • Germany rearms • Italy in Ethiopia

  5. Europe on the Eve of World War II

  6. U.S. Responses • How did the United States respond to the emerging international threats of the early 1930s? • Was the response fundamentally isolationist? • What legislation embodied this response?

  7. Gerald P. Nye

  8. Coming of War in Europe and U.S. Responses • What were the most significant German and Italian acts of aggression? • What steps did the United States take to aid the allies? • Did FDR deceive the American people? Was the deception necessary to defend U.S. national interests? Has this become a more general practice by American leaders?

  9. Destroyer-Bases

  10. Explaining the South’s Support for FDR • Deferring to the president in foreign policy Sam Rayburn

  11. Southern Support for FDR • Concern for U.S. security Carter Glass

  12. Southern Support for FDR • Anglophilia • Military tradition and propensity for violence • Wilsonian legacy • Party politics • Economic considerations

  13. An Ongoing Southern Foreign Policy Perspective? • Had a clear regional foreign policy perspective developed by the eve of World War II? • Has it been sustained? • Why important?

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