Multiple choice

Why did President FDR refrain from intervening in Europe during the rise of totalitarianism?

  1. A lot of Americans didn't support U.S. involvement in Europe

  2. FDR didn't believe the U.S. military could beat the Germans.

  3. Leaders-Britain/France didn't want the U.S. in Euro affairs

  4. FDR was afraid a war would further damage the U.S. economy.
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Explanation

During the 1930s, American public opinion was strongly isolationist, with a significant majority of the population opposing U.S. involvement in another European conflict, which constrained FDR's ability to intervene.

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