Prior to the commencement of the world wars, the United States had come to an agreement to completely abolish war. They had no favor of fighting …show more content…
Although prior incidents such as the sinking of the Lusitania had angered American’s, it wasn’t quite enough for the United States to be involved in the war. World War 2 later began in 1939 when Britain declared war on Germany. It was phase two and Americans were doing a good job holding back. A series of neutrality acts were passed during different years assigning different purposes. Starting with the first act of 1935, which banned the export of military weapons to the belligerents and Americans ability to travel on belligerent ships. The act of 1936 simply banned loans to …show more content…
The United States tries to retain themselves from wars in a way by which they are equally helping both allies. Their really isn’t a big difference in policies between the time periods, they only get harsher and are on thin ice. The United Sates had the ability to continue to interact with the world without entirely including themselves in any war. They had no interests in any war and as incidents such as the sinking of the Lusitania may have encouraged their involvement in the war, the United States manages to hold back as much as they could. It wasn’t until the very unfair, nasty attack of Pearl Harbor that angered president