Normalcy in the United States

Normalcy in the United States

Normalcy in the United States addressed the need to heal and settle from the horrors of the World War. During the process of returning to normalcy, immigration restrictions were supposed to be imposed to control the movement of people in and out of the country. Although all the war was over, there was the need to be watchful over possible attacks based on the experiences and outcomes of the Great War. Immigration restrictions are meant to protect the country.

When President Wilson was lobbying the support of the US membership in the League of Nations, the campaign was met with strong opposition based on Article X. Article X demanded that all members of the League of Nations would assist any member threatened by external aggression (Riccucci, 2012). The opposition did not want any further involvement of the country in international conflicts.

The return to normalcy was boosted more by the rejection of the membership to the League of Nations by embracing isolation. I would have supported the rejection of the League of Nations because it could have brought the country into conflicts that are not related to the citizens (Shi & Tindall, 2016).