The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 41

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"Resolved… That upon the outbreak or during the progress of war between,or among,two or more foreign states,the President shall proclaim such fact,and it shall thereafter be unlawful to export arms,ammunition,or implements of war from any place in the United States… to any port of such belligerent states…
[and if] the President shall find that… the protection of the lives of citizens of the United States,or the protection of the commercial interests of the United States and its citizens… requires that the American citizens should refrain from traveling as passengers on the vessels of any belligerent nation,he shall so proclaim…"
Neutrality Act,passed by the United States Congress,1935
-Americans would not be compelled to significantly modify their stance as taken in this passage until

• A) the end of World War I.
• B) the passage of restrictive immigration quotas.
• C) the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• D) the rise of the Cold War.

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