University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Foreign Affairs
Scroll through this discussion of Franklin Roosevelt's attention to foreign policy during his several terms in office to "Confronting Germany and Japan" and "Descent into War." Here you will find out about the United States' position of...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: 1930s Isolationism
Read about the ways the American government and people looked inward during the 1930s, isolating themselves from actions taking place in Europe and Asia.
US Department of State
Office of the Historian: The Neutrality Acts, 1930s
You can see by reading the descriptions of these three neutrality acts how determined some in Congress were to isolate the United States and keep it out of World War II.
US Senate
Historical Minutes: Merchants of Death
A review of the Senate hearings held by Senator Gerald Nye investigating the possibility that munitions manufacturers had forced the United States into World War I in order to increase their profits. Read how the course of these hearings...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: World War Ii Resources: 1935 Neutrality Act
Text of Franklin Roosevelt's approval of the Neutrality Act of 1935, passed by the Congress in August, 1935. Read why Roosevelt thinks this act is a reasonable reflection of American foreign policy in the mid-1930s.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: American Isolationism in the 1930's
Interesting facts on the reasons and effects of American Isolationism policy in the 1930s.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Neutrality Acts
Discover the terms of the Neutrality Acts banning arms and war materials to countries at war. These laws were designed to prevent the United States of America from being entangled in a possible foreign war.