1. The prevailing isolationist sentiment in the U.S. in the years prior to 1939 can be traced to each EXCEPT?

Question

A. the speech of President Roosevelt urging a "quarantine" of the aggressors

B. the hearings held in the U.S. Senate committee presided over by Senator Gerald P. Nye

C. a tradition first expressed by President Washington in his Farewell Address

D. disillusionment of the American people with the consequences of World War I

Answer 1

Predominately, America had gotten a belly full of a war in which we had no real interest. When one now stops to consider that all parties combined, lost on average 98,000 men per month -- not to include those who died after battle or civilian casualties. America didn't know the statistics, but the people sure felt the effects and knew only that they didn't want to involve themselves in another of someone else's war.

Answer 2

A