History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1656 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Neutrality Acts
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The idea
Congress passed Neutrality Acts banning arms sales to warring nations in nineteen thirty-five and loans to them in nineteen thirty-six.
In practice
The Act of nineteen thirty-seven barring American ships from carrying weapons or passengers to belligerents, and Americans from sailing on belligerents' ships.
Where people slip
The same year as the first Act, the Yawp adds, the Senate rejected joining the World Court.
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