The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 show the United States' desire to remain neutral and avoid involvement in foreign conflicts. These acts were a response to the international tensions leading up to World War II. They were passed in an effort to prevent the United States from being drawn into another costly and destructive war, similar to World War I. The Neutrality Acts imposed a series of restrictions and embargoes on arms sales and prohibited American citizens from traveling on belligerent ships or lending money to nations at war. The objective was to keep the United States out of the conflicts happening in Europe and Asia at the time. The idea behind these acts was to maintain a policy of non-interventionism and avoid taking sides in the conflicts occurring abroad.
