AP US History

The Neutrality Acts were laws passed by Congress in the mid-1930s designed to keep the United States out of future wars by prohibiting American citizens from trading with nations at war or traveling on their ships.

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Isolationism : This is a policy of remaining apart from political affairs or interests of other groups, especially foreign nations.

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