Question
"When an epidemic of physical disease starts to spread, the community approves and joins in a quarantine of the patients in order to protect the health of the community against the spread of the disease.
It is my determination to pursue a policy of peace. It is my determination to adopt every practicable measure to avoid involvement in war. It ought to be inconceivable that in this modern era, and in the face of experience, any nation could be so foolish and ruthless as to run the risk of plunging the whole world into war by invading and violating, in contravention of solemn treaties, the territory of other nations that have done them no real harm and are too weak to protect themselves adequately. Yet the peace of the world and the welfare and security of every nation, including our own, is today being threatened by that very thing."
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"Quarantine Speech"
October 5, 1937
Why might have many U.S. Congressmen disliked Franklin D. Roosevelt's Quarantine Speech of 1937?
Responses
A The feared it would increase immigration problems.The feared it would increase immigration problems.
B They feared it would interfere with U.S. trade relations with China.They feared it would interfere with U.S. trade relations with China.
C They feared it would lead to United States involvement in World War II.They feared it would lead to United States involvement in World War II.
D They feared it would cause the United States to become more isolationist.
It is my determination to pursue a policy of peace. It is my determination to adopt every practicable measure to avoid involvement in war. It ought to be inconceivable that in this modern era, and in the face of experience, any nation could be so foolish and ruthless as to run the risk of plunging the whole world into war by invading and violating, in contravention of solemn treaties, the territory of other nations that have done them no real harm and are too weak to protect themselves adequately. Yet the peace of the world and the welfare and security of every nation, including our own, is today being threatened by that very thing."
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"Quarantine Speech"
October 5, 1937
Why might have many U.S. Congressmen disliked Franklin D. Roosevelt's Quarantine Speech of 1937?
Responses
A The feared it would increase immigration problems.The feared it would increase immigration problems.
B They feared it would interfere with U.S. trade relations with China.They feared it would interfere with U.S. trade relations with China.
C They feared it would lead to United States involvement in World War II.They feared it would lead to United States involvement in World War II.
D They feared it would cause the United States to become more isolationist.
Answers
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C. They feared it would lead to United States involvement in World War II.
Many U.S. Congressmen were concerned that Roosevelt's call for a "quarantine" of aggressive nations might suggest a shift away from isolationism and could potentially lead to U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts, including World War II. The majority of Americans and their representatives preferred to avoid entanglement in overseas conflicts at that time.
Many U.S. Congressmen were concerned that Roosevelt's call for a "quarantine" of aggressive nations might suggest a shift away from isolationism and could potentially lead to U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts, including World War II. The majority of Americans and their representatives preferred to avoid entanglement in overseas conflicts at that time.