Franklin Delano Roosevelt came to power in 1932. He focused on creating jobs for his people.
A poll in 1934 said 70% of Americans felt the USA should never have got involved in WWI. In 1936 Roosevelt promised to keep America out of any war in Europe
In 1938 Roosevelt tried to get Hitler to promise that he would stop invading countries, but Hitler didn't take the request seriously
The US watched and quietly started preparing its armed forces