“The committee has found that the arms traffic and the financiers who backed the Allied cause in the Great War were the primary influences that drew the United States into that conflict. If we are to remain at peace in the future, we must restrict the sale of weapons and loans to all belligerents, regardless of our sympathies.”
—Senate Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry (Nye Committee) report, 1935
Which of the following U.S. foreign policy actions during the 1930s was most directly motivated by the perspective expressed in the excerpt?
- AThe signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy
- The passage of a series of Neutrality Acts that banned arms sales and loans to nations at warCevap
- CThe implementation of the Lend-Lease Act to provide military aid to Great Britain
- DThe creation of the Good Neighbor policy to foster cooperation in the Western Hemisphere
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The passage of a series of Neutrality Acts that banned arms sales and loans to nations at war
The correct answer is correct because the Nye Committee's investigation concluded that American involvement in World War I had been heavily influenced by arms manufacturers and bankers. This strengthened isolationist sentiment throughout the United States, prompting Congress to pass the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937. These laws specifically banned arms sales and loans to all nations at war in an effort to prevent economic entanglements from dragging the country into another conflict.
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The influence of the Nye Committee on isolationist public opinion and the passage of the Neutrality Acts during the 1930s.
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