This event occurred while the US was claiming neutrality toward the conflict between Britain and Germany. Why might Washington have turned away the ship of refugees? Do you think the decision was justified? Explain your response.​

After World War l the United States stuck with a strict policy of isolationism. The American people didn’t want to be involved in European affairs. Accepting the refugees would’ve been a way for the U.S. to get dragged into the war. We see in the later years after the Imperial Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor where isolationism in the States becomes a distant memory and where the U.S. begins taking position on the world stage.