passage of the neutrality acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 by the U.

passage of the neutrality acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 by the U.S. resulted in all of the following EXCEPTA abandonment of the traditional policy of freedom of the seasB a decline in the navy and other armed forcesC making no distinction between aggressors and victimsD spurring aggressors along their path of conquestE balancing the scales between dictators and U.S. allies by trading with neither