How effective was the united states policy of isolationism prior to world war II?

Analyze the passage, and name the country that the merchant lives in. a merchant in western europe has just received a huge delivery of spices from the east. he noticed that this delivery had arrived faster than previous deliveries. he knows the change is the result of a new land route. the route starts from his country and goes all the way to china. now the merchant can trade these spices to the rest of europe. based on the passage, the merchant is

Why did noli me tangere have such a big impression on the narrator?

How did modern american history begin with “contact”?