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Sep 10, 2024 · In the 1920s and 1930s, the U.S. tried America First. This philosophy helped lead to World War II.
Feb 6, 2017 · Charles Lindbergh became an instant American hero when he piloted the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris in 1927, the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic.
Nov 21, 2018 · “America First” was the relic of a discredited cause, while the “American dream” appeared to soar higher and higher.
- Events Leading to The America First Committee
- The AFC Goes to War with Roosevelt
- As War Swells, Support For AFC Shrinks
- Pearl Harbor Spells The End For The AFC
- America First Returns
In September 1939, Germany, under Adolph Hitler, invaded Poland, precipitating war in Europe. By 1940, only Great Britain possessed a large enough military and enough money to resist the Naziconquest. Most of the smaller European nations had been overrun. France had been occupied by German forces and the Soviet Union was taking advantage of a nonag...
This hesitancy to enter another European war inspired the U.S. Congress to enact the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s, greatly restricting the U.S. federal government’s ability to provide assistance in the form of troops, arms, or war materials to any of the nations involved in the war. President Franklin Roosevelt, who had opposed, but signed, the Neu...
Despite the AFC’s opposition and lobbying effort, Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act, giving Roosevelt broad powers to supply the Allies with arms and war materials without committing U.S. troops. Public and congressional support for the AFC eroded even further in June 1941, when Germany invaded the Soviet Union. By late 1941, with no sign of the A...
The last traces of support for U.S. neutrality and the America First Committee dissolved with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Just four days after the attack, the AFC disbanded. In a final statement issued on December 11, 1941, the Committee stated that while its policies might have prevented the Japanese attack, the war ha...
“America First” returned in 2017 when it became the official foreign policy doctrine of President Donald Trump’s administration. After making it a key theme of his inaugural address, a Politico/Morning Consult poll showed that 65% of Americans responded positively to Trump's "America First" message, with 39% reacting to the concept negatively. In h...
- Robert Longley
6 days ago · On September 11, 1941, at an America First speech in Des Moines, Iowa, Lindbergh identified the “the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt administration” as “war agitators” who had used “misinformation” and “propaganda” to mislead and frighten the American public. The response was immediate.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · October 25, 2014. The America First platform should unapologetically make the case for America’s true interests and design US foreign policy to defend them in power. The United States of America ...
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Dec 17, 2020 · President-elect Joe Biden has assured U.S. allies that he will discard President Donald Trump’s “America First” approach to foreign policy the moment he takes office.
