Question

Select an I for the time periods when America was basically isolationist and an A for the time periods when America became more active in world affairs.

Before the Spanish-American War
Under Theodore Roosevelt
Early in World War I
Late in World War I
During the Great Depression

Answer 1

Before the Spanish-American War — I
Under Theodore Roosevelt — A
Early in World War I — I
Late in World War I — A
During the Great Depression — I

Brief reasons: before 1898 the U.S. avoided overseas entanglements; Roosevelt pursued an active, interventionist foreign policy; the U.S. stayed neutral early in WWI; it entered and became active late in WWI; the 1930s Depression era saw a return to isolationism (Neutrality Acts, nonintervention).