It depends what time period, but during ww2 or ww1 really, America's people were afraid of communism and groups like the America first committee and other groups were created to keep america isolationist. We did not want to intervene with war, but it was inevitable because we had trade relationships, which in both wars, were at risk.
It was Narmer who was the first true king of Egypt, and managed to united both the North and South regions into a single unit, which lasted for quite some time.