Neutrality Acts Megan C. & Thalia C. A6

Why Neutrality Acts? President Woodrow Wilson U.S gov. enacted series of laws designed to prevent the U.S. from being embroiled in a foreign war fueled a growing “isolationist” movement Argued the U.S. should steer clear of future wars and remain neutral by avoiding financial deals with countries at war

Neutrality Act 1930’s mid 1930’s events in Europe and Asia indicated that a new world war might erupt Americans traveling on ships were at their own risks Aug. 31st, 1935 Congress passed first Act prohibiting the exports of arms, ammunition, and implements of war from the U.S. to foreign nations at war Feb 29th 1936, Congress renewed the Act until May 1937 prohibited Americans from extending any loans to belligerent nations

Neutrality Act 1937 January 1937, U.S. legislated against the arms trade to either side in the Spanish Civil war passed in May of 1937 extended the prohibition against trading with belligerents would also include civil wars in general strengthened the rule on belligerent ships by forbidding travel upon American citizens upon them

Neutrality Act 1939 repealed the previous acts reinstated cash-and-carry sales to belligerents cash-and-carry: pertained to materials that could not be used in war efforts American ships and citizens were outlawed from entering war zones National Munitions control board issued licenses for all arms transactions

Neutrality Acts wrap up didn’t want the same mistakes of WW1 to repeat used to separate from European conflicts as much as possible during early 1940’s neutrality acts had been forgotten about October 27, 1941, FDR called for a total defense effort against Germany after Pearl Harbor, U.S. was fully involved with WWII no more neutrality acts in work

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