How were the Neutrality Acts aimed at the conditions of 1914-1917?

The Neutrality Acts were aimed at the conditions of
1914-1917 because they were meant to prevent the US from getting involved in a war in
the way that they became involved in WWI.

The US became
involved in WWI largely for two reasons.  First, they sold many goods to the Allies on
credit.  This meant that the US had a huge financial interest in making sure the Allies
won.  Second, US ships headed for Allied countries were torpedoes by German submarines
that were enforcing a blockade of the Allied countries.

The
Neutrality Acts were meant to prevent both of these problems.  They said that Americans
could not lend money to countries at war and they said that American ships could not
carry goods to countries at war.  In these ways, the Acts were meant to ensure that the
conditions of the 1910s were not repeated and America was not pulled into another war
that was not really its business.