President Roosevelt did not intervene in the Spanish Civil War because:
a. he accepted the French and British position that the western democracies should not intervene
b. the Neutrality Act of 1938 forbade intervention
c. his preference for Francisco Franco was not popular in the United States
d. Catholics favored the Spanish Republic
e. Germany and Italy were supporting the Spanish Republic
Ans: a. he accepted the French and British position that the western democracies should not intervene
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