Milestones: 1921–1936 - Office of the Historian
2018-11-28 · On February 29, 1936, Congress renewed the Act until May of 1937 and prohibited Americans from extending any loans to belligerent nations. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Neutrality Act of 1937. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and the rising tide of fascism in Europe increased support for extending and expanding the Neutrality ...