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Key Concept: KC-3.2.II In the late 18th century, new experiments with democratic ideas and republican forms of government, as well as other new religious, economic, and cultural ideas, challenged traditional imperial systems across the Atlantic World.
Explanation: George Washington's Farewell Address in 1796 warned against the United States getting involved in foreign conflicts and taking sides in European politics. At the time, there was a controversy regarding whether the US should support the revolutionary government of France, which was a republic like the US, against monarchies in Europe. Washington's advice was to stay neutral and avoid political connections with foreign nations, which is directly related to the controversy over France.
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Key Concept: KC-7.1.II In the early 20th century, the United States grappled with its role in the world and pursued a policy of isolationism in international conflicts, but economic pressures, global events, and political developments eventually pulled the US into World War II.
Explanation: The ideas expressed in Washington's Farewell Address influenced the United States' decision to refuse to join the League of Nations in 1919. The League of Nations was an international organization established after World War I to promote peace and cooperation among nations. However, many in the US, influenced by Washington's advice to avoid political connections with foreign nations, felt that joining the League would entangle the US in foreign conflicts and undermine its sovereignty. This policy of avoiding entangling alliances and maintaining neutrality in foreign conflicts is known as isolationism.