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In the 1930s, the United States Government enacted a series of laws called the Neutrality Acts that were designed to prevent the United States from being becoming embroiled in a foreign war . The acts sought to aid the Allies but they also sought to keep the United States out of World War Two by clearly stating the terms of U.S. neutrality.  Although many Americans had rallied to join President Woodrow Wilson’s crusade to make the world “safe for democracy” in 1917, by the 1930s critics argued that U.S. involvement in the First World War had been driven by bankers and munitions traders with business interests in Europe. These findings fueled a growing “isolationist” movement that argued the United States should steer clear of future wars and remain neutral by avoiding financial deals with countries at war. The Roosevelt administration unsuccessfully tried to walk a fine line between aiding US allies and alienating Germany and Japan.