Both Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt were presidents of the United States during times of war. Being president during this time came with many challenges such as policies before war, actions against civil liberties during war and plans for after war times. There are similarities and differences of the presidents in each area. Prior to the war Wilson and FDR had similarities such as they both practiced policies of neutrality. However FDR practiced a policy of "two fold neutrality" which just means he discouraged belligerents from purchasing US goods. Another similarity is both presidents changed the amount they traded with aggressors throughout the wars. For example as WWI went on, Wilson decreased the amount of trade with Germany, the aggressor, and increased trade with Great Britain. FDR did almost the same thing only with Japan. But, FDR terminated the trade treaty the US had with Japan and would no longer export goods to them. Finally FDR put in a neutrality act, which outlawed all sales or loans to nations at war. Prior to the war both presidents practiced neutrality and changed their trade laws and agreements. During WWI and WWII civil liberties were taken away during war time. During the time of both Presidents immigrants were treated differently. Like during WWI German Americans were discriminated against there were shunned and many even lost their jobs. Also, during WW! school stopped the teaching of German language to students. A major difference in the discrimination of groups is during WWII FDR had over 110,000 Japanese Americans put into relocation and internment camps. Also, Mexican American, African Americans, and Native Americans were also discriminated against, making much more people lose their civil liberties than in WWI. Also, riots happened during FDR's presidency like the "zoot-suit riots" these were not seen during WWI. However