The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Should the US have become an empire?
No of course not, because that would have been in direct opposition to the elevated ideas expressed by the United States Founding fathers when they created the US Constitution and established the new form of government during the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1787.
Nevertheless, as it happens in the history of the nations, there were Presidents that under the idea of the Manifested Destiny tried to expand the US territory waging war, invading, and supporting imperialistic ideals, as was the case of President James Polk. It was the time of the Mexican-American War when the United States got the territories of California, Arizona, and New Mexico, Other Presidents had similar foreign policies.
How long could the US have maintained an isolationist policy toward the world?
Basically, the US developed the concept of isolationism during two important times in modern history. First, at the beginning of World War I. US President Woodrow Wilson tried to maint the foreign policy of neutrality. Years later, at the beginning of World War II, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to do the same. In both cases, after terrible events, both presidents decided to enter the war.
What major characteristic of American companies in the 1920s was that they were wildly unregulated by the federal government, which was one of the things that led to the Great Crash of 1929.
NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance formed in 1949 as a mutual defense treaty of its member countries against external attacks. It was initially formed to counter the military capabilities of the USSR. It currently has 28 member countries from North America and Europe.
The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet Union's response to NATO, and was formed in 1955. It is also a mutual defense agreement among 8 member countries in the Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe.
The longer the tail, the more maneuverability the kite has. Think of a cheetah. They are very fast, and have long tails to steer. If an elephant tried to run, it couldn't turn very fast. The tail is used mostly for balance. Hope this helped!
