What was the United States hoping to avoid with its policy of isolationism?

They were hoping to avoid being drawn into other wars that were not related to territorial self-defense.

Explanation:

When you think of isolation, what usually comes to mind, is shutting yourself out or someone shutting others out. The isolationism policy was in place to "shut out" other country's from dragging them into wars.

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the triple alliance. germany and austria-hungary were already allies by 1879 when, worried about a threat from russia, they formed the dual alliance. italy joined the group in 1882. there was a concern about a possible attack from france and the alliance needed powerful friends to defend it.