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[[File:Unemployed_men_queued_outside_a_depression_soup_kitchen_opened_in_Chicago_by_Al_Capone,_02-1931_-_NARA_-_541927.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px300px|Unemployed Men waiting in line for doughnuts and coffee during the Great Depression]]__NOTOC__
The Great Depression of the 1930s was a global event that derived in part from developments in the United States and U.S. financial policies. As it lingered through the decade, it influenced U.S. foreign policies in such a way that the United States Government became even more isolationist.
====The Rise of Isolationism====
[[File:FDR_in_1933.jpg|left|thumbnail|250px|President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933]]
The Depression caused the United States to retreat further into its post-World War I isolationism. A series of significant international incidents created several international crises. These incidents included Japan's seizure of northeast China in 1931, the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935, and German expansionism in Central and Eastern Europe. Despite these incidents, the United States refused to engage in the crises in a meaningful way. When these and other incidents occurred, the United States Government issued statements of disapproval but took limited action beyond that.
