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.
When congress passed a new Neutrality Act of 1939 in response to the invasion of Poland, they ended the ban on selling arms to foreign countries. Britain dominated the Atlantic Ocean, so this law essentially allowed the Allies to purchase war goods as they followed the cash and carry policy.