[ 205 ] Civics and Government GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Isolationism refers to the national policy of avoiding political or economic relations with other countries. Which of the following is an example of American isolationist policy? a. the Neutrality Act of 1935, an arms embargo designed to try to keep the United States out of a European war b. bombing al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center c. the unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro in 1961 d. joining with 11 nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949