Alrighty! Ready to dive into the thrilling tale of the US foreign policy after 1936? Grab your popcorn (and maybe a notebook) because it's going to be an epic journey!

• President Franklin D Roosevelt’s Era (1933–37)
• Big Mood: Isolationism! 🏝️
• Why, though? 🤷
  • People = No more European conflicts, please! 🚫
  • Historians like Sidney B Fay went all detective mode 🕵️‍♂️: WWI? Not just Germany's fault!
  • Nye Committee hearings (1934): Some sneaky profits from the war? Senator Gerald Nye discovers that the US munitions guys made bank 💸 during WWI.
• Membership cards the US threw into the trash 🗑️
  • League of Nations – Nope!
  • International Court of Justice (1926) – Double Nope! (Fear of joining the League).

• Act  (1935)
  • War bells ring? 🛎️
  • Prez says: No arms for anyone! And US folks, maybe don’t cruise on war ships? 🛳️⛔
  • Fun Fact: Italy invades Abyssinia. League goes: Sanctions for Italy! US: Nah, but maybe no trade? 🙏 (That’s a ‘moral embargo’ for ya!).
• Act  (1936)
  • War? Sorry, can't loan you money! 🚫💰
• Act  (1937)
  • Want to travel on war ships? Nope, it's illegal now! 🚫🚢
  • Introducing... ‘cash-and-carry’: Pay cash, transport on your ships, & off you go! 💼💵

PS: Roosevelt's inner thoughts: “Wish these acts were a bit more... choosy? 🤔 But oh well, people have spoken!”