Atrioventricular block. Sudden cessation of speech or a thought process without an immediate observable cause, sometimes considered a consequence of repression. v. blocked, blockÂ·ing, blocks To arrest passage through; obstruct.
The Neutrality Acts of the 1930âs were a series of laws passed by Congress to subside the growing turmoil in Asia and Europeâfeuds that eventually led to World War II. The Neutrality Acts ultimately spawned out of Americaâs willingness to practice non-interventionism and isolationism.
In addition to these international efforts, a domestically framed policy of isolationism was written into neutrality acts, reflecting Congress's worries over war in South America and the increasing threat of war in Europe, in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 that were unevenly enforced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.