In general, the widespread use and availability of electrical power and family-owned cars increased the work force by offering more incentives to work. More jobs were also available during this time.
Between 1935 and 1937, Congress passed three separate neutrality laws that clamped an embargo on arms sales to belligerents, forbade American ships from entering war zones and prohibited them from being armed, and barred Americans from traveling on belligerent ships.
