Exhibit One- A representation of America wanting to stay isolated from foreign affairs. After World War I, many Americans did not want the United States to be involved in other countries’ affairs. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the last thing many Americans had on their minds was another foreign war. As a result, the United States’ foreign policy was isolationism. Isolate means “to remain alone or apart from others.” The U.S. continued to trade internationally, but the nation wanted to improve life at home, and not become entangled in the problems of other nations. Although U.S. isolationism was not the only cause of WWII it was one of the main reasons for the start of the war . This was because it allowed authoritarian rule to sweep the world with the weakened League of Nations, contributed to the worsening of the Great Depression, and made diplomatic resolve abroad impossible.