Did President Roosevelt try as hard as he could to avoid American involvement in world war 2 or did he actuall

Answer 1

He encouraged involvement ... in Europe he dropped the idea of neutrality and encouraged the lend-lease program, an idea that was obviously favorable to the British and unfavorable to the Germans, something that would surely irritate the Germans. In the Pacific he began to cut back on trade, embargoed, the Japanese, a step that was sure to take the USA to the brink of war ...

Answer 2

America's involvement in WWII was precipitated by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler's declaration of war against the U.S. Both were out of the hands of President Roosevelt.