Question

Which of the following statements best explains why isolationist sentiment regarding American foreign policy was no longer dominant after World War II?
A. U.S. casualties had been low enough that Americans were not reluctant about using military force in the future.

B. The United States emerged from the war in direct competition with the Soviet Union for international influence.

C. The United States responded to the discovery of the Holocaust by ceding some of its sovereignty to international courts.

D. U.S. military leaders believed that they could easily add parts of the defeated countries to a new American empire.

Answer 1

The United States emerged from the war in direct competition with the Soviet Union for international influence.

The US and the USSR became direct enemies after World War II for domination of the new world order. Capitalism and Communism took the front seat as a world issue. In addition, Great Britain could no longer sustain their top position as a world leader. This left the US to pick up the reigns and take over or Stalin would begin to influence the communist take over of vulnerable countries following the war.