The nationâs economy grew just 1.2 percent in the second quarter of the year, and 0.8 percent in the first three months of the year. Don't forget the national debt. It hit $19.5 trillion for the first time ever during the week just ending, a little more than seven months after it hit the $19 trillion mark.
U.S. proclaims neutrality in World War I, August 4, 1914. On this day in 1914, as World War I erupted across Europe, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would remain âimpartial in thought as well as in action.â At the time, a vast majority of Americans approved of Wilsonâs policy of strict U.S. neutrality.
In the 1930s, what did the United States do to avoid getting involved international affairs? joined the League of Nations passed the Hawley-Smoot Tariff passed the Neutrality Acts joined the United Nations.n the 1930s, what did the United States do to avoid getting involved international affairs? joined the League of Nations passed the Hawley-Smoot Tariff passed the Neutrality Acts joined the United Nations.