That could definitely be argued! The WWI was fought in Europe, so many European countries were left in pieces at its end. So they were definitely in need of outside support. One may also look at it from another point of view. The US refused to join the League of Nations, which shows that the country was not necessarily as involved in world affairs as it could have been.
They were taken away from their original homes and were married young and entered a house where not only her new husband but her husband's new power and rules.
