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 anticipation of another European war, and in pursuit of an isolationist foreign policy, Congress passed the Neutrality Act in August 1935, forbidding the sale of munitions by U.S. firms to any and all belligerents in any future war.inally, when the U.S. destroyer Reuben James was sunk by a German sub in October 1941, the Neutrality Act was destined for the dustbin of history. By November, not only would merchant ships be allowed to arm themselves for self-defense, but they would also be allowed to enter European territorial waters.