During the mid-1930s, President Roosevelt realized that most Americans opposed U.S. intervention in the problems of Europe. were eager for the United States to solve Europeâs problems. were more concerned with the war than with U.S. domestic affairs.
The main Hawaiian Islands are the tops of giant undersea shield volcanoes that formed at the Hawaiian hotspot, which is presently under the southeast portion of the Big Island of Hawaii. Shield volcanoes are gently sloping mountains produced from a large number of generally very fluid lava flows.
Kilauea is Hawaii's most active volcano, with 62 eruptions recorded since the arrival of Europeans in Hawaii. Mauna Loa and Lo'ihi also have recorded activity in the 20th century. Hualalai and Haleakala are dormant but not classified as extinct.