After it became painfully clear to Britain and France that sacrificing smaller nations to the Nazi regime would not prevent war, an isolationist American Congress passed neutrality acts designed to prevent involvement in the European conflict.
Which phrases from the text help explain what the phrase "isolationist" means?
Isolationist is a form of the word isolationism which was the idea that america did not have to join WW2. The context clues in the statement that prove this are words like, "neutrality" and the phrase, "prevent involvement."
