1) How did the United States become involved in the imperial game between the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries? What social, political, and economic forces motivated U.S. policy during this period? 2) With the end of World War I, Woodrow Wilson hoped to change the ways nations behaved in the international arena. What did Wilson believe needed to be changed in international relations as well as U.S. foreign policy? How successful was he at implementing his desired changes? 3) Soon after the end of World War II, a rising fear of Soviet expansionism and communism swept the United States. How did the U.S. government respond to this fear during the late 1940s and early 1950s? How did it change U.S. policy towards the rest of the world? What kind of institutions did the government create to deal with this perceived threat? Be sure to include examples from Hixon’s book. 4) How did the Roosevelt Administration view the threat from Germany and Japan to the survival of the United States during the early 1940s? How did the administration work around neutrality laws and the neutrality sentiment within American society during this period? 5) Was the United States an isolationist country from 1920-1940? Be sure to support your assertion with examples from each decade of this 20-year period. Please answer all of the five questions with five separate essays .  Each essay requires four to five paragraphs with analytical thesis instead of descriptions. No citation needed, but in-depth analysis is important . ...

1. 1) How did the United States become involved in the imperial
game between the late 19
th
and early 20
th
centuries?
What social, political, and economic forces motivated U.S.
policy during this period?
2) With the end of World War I, Woodrow Wilson hoped to
change the ways nations behaved in the international arena.
What did Wilson believe needed to be changed in international
relations as well as U.S. foreign policy?
How successful was he at implementing his desired changes?
3) Soon after the end of World War II, a rising fear of Soviet
expansionism and communism swept the United States.
How did the U.S. government respond to this fear during the
late 1940s and early 1950s?
How did it change U.S. policy towards the rest of the world?
What kind of institutions did the government create to deal with
this perceived threat?
Be sure to include examples from Hixon’s book.
4) How did the Roosevelt Administration view the threat from
Germany and Japan to the survival of the United States during

2. the early 1940s?
How did the administration work around neutrality laws and the
neutrality sentiment within American society during this
period?
5) Was the United States an isolationist country from 1920-
1940?
Be sure to support your assertion with examples from each
decade of this 20-year period.
Please answer
all
of the five questions with
five separate essays
.
Each essay requires
four to five paragraphs
with analytical thesis instead of descriptions. No citation
needed, but in-depth
analysis is important
.