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3 unusual facts about Neutrality Act


Neutrality Act

Neutrality Act of 1794, outlaws military operations against nations with which the U.S. is at peace; still in force in amended form

Neutrality Acts of 1930s, a series of acts intended to prevent the U.S. from being drawn into a war

Vietnamese Constitutional Monarchist League

The Vietnamese Constitutional Monarchist League believes in politically pressuring the Communist government of Vietnam to reach it goals so the Vietnamese people would have the opportunity to choose a Constitutional Monarchy government in an election, which does not violate the U.S. Neutrality Act.


Augustus Magee

Although this proposal defied the Neutrality Act, Magee resigned his commission in June 1812 and personally recruited many of the soldiers.

Espionage Agent

The film was released on September 22, 1939, the day after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Neutrality Act allowing "Cash and Carry" provisions for countries fighting Germany and a little over four months after another Warner Bros. anti-Nazi film Confessions of a Nazi Spy.

John L. O'Sullivan

As a result, O'Sullivan was charged in federal court in New York with violation of the Neutrality Act.


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