Neutrality Act of 1935
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The Neutrality Act of 1935 was a U.S. law enacted to keep the country out of foreign conflicts by restricting arms sales and loans to nations at war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Neutrality Act of 1935 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8553690 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neutrality Act of 1935 Context triple: [Neutrality Act of 1939, revises, Neutrality Act of 1935]
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A.
Neutrality Act of 1936
The Neutrality Act of 1936 was a U.S. law that extended and strengthened earlier neutrality provisions by banning loans and credits to nations at war in an effort to keep the United States out of foreign conflicts.
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B.
Neutrality Act of 1939
The Neutrality Act of 1939 was a U.S. law that revised earlier neutrality legislation by allowing arms sales to nations at war on a “cash-and-carry” basis, marking a shift toward aiding the Allies before America’s entry into World War II.
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C.
Neutrality Act of 1794
The Neutrality Act of 1794 was an early U.S. federal law that criminalized unauthorized military expeditions against nations at peace with the United States, reinforcing the young republic’s policy of neutrality in foreign conflicts.
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D.
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was a 1930 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties, widely blamed for worsening international trade tensions and deepening the Great Depression.
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E.
National Defense Act of 1935
The National Defense Act of 1935 is a Philippine law enacted during the Commonwealth period that established the country’s national defense policy and military organization, including the framework for its armed forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neutrality Act of 1935 Target entity description: The Neutrality Act of 1935 was a U.S. law enacted to keep the country out of foreign conflicts by restricting arms sales and loans to nations at war.
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A.
Neutrality Act of 1936
The Neutrality Act of 1936 was a U.S. law that extended and strengthened earlier neutrality provisions by banning loans and credits to nations at war in an effort to keep the United States out of foreign conflicts.
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B.
Neutrality Act of 1939
The Neutrality Act of 1939 was a U.S. law that revised earlier neutrality legislation by allowing arms sales to nations at war on a “cash-and-carry” basis, marking a shift toward aiding the Allies before America’s entry into World War II.
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C.
Neutrality Act of 1794
The Neutrality Act of 1794 was an early U.S. federal law that criminalized unauthorized military expeditions against nations at peace with the United States, reinforcing the young republic’s policy of neutrality in foreign conflicts.
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D.
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was a 1930 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties, widely blamed for worsening international trade tensions and deepening the Great Depression.
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E.
National Defense Act of 1935
The National Defense Act of 1935 is a Philippine law enacted during the Commonwealth period that established the country’s national defense policy and military organization, including the framework for its armed forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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neutrality law ⓘ |
| aimedAt | maintaining U.S. neutrality ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
all belligerent states in a declared war
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wars in which the United States was not a participant ⓘ |
| authorizedBy | joint resolution of Congress ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | legislative ⓘ |
| category |
1935 in American law
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United States federal legislation ⓘ United States foreign relations legislation ⓘ |
| codifiedAs | Public Resolution 67, 74th Congress ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateEnacted | 1935-08-31 ⓘ |
| effectOnPolicy |
constrained executive discretion in foreign affairs
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limited U.S. ability to aid potential allies ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| followedBy | Neutrality Act of 1936 ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
interwar period
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pre–World War II era ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Nye Committee investigations
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disillusionment with World War I ⓘ isolationism in U.S. foreign policy ⓘ |
| legalStatus | superseded by later neutrality legislation ⓘ |
| mechanism |
mandatory arms embargo on belligerents
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travel restrictions on U.S. citizens on belligerent ships ⓘ |
| opposedBy | interventionists ⓘ |
| partOf | series of U.S. Neutrality Acts ⓘ |
| prohibits |
Americans traveling on ships of belligerent nations
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export of arms to belligerent nations ⓘ shipment of arms to nations at war ⓘ transport of arms on American ships to belligerents ⓘ |
| purpose |
to avoid entanglement in foreign conflicts
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to keep the United States out of foreign wars ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Neutrality Act of 1936
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Neutrality Act of 1937 ⓘ
linked to:
Neutrality Acts of the 1930s
Neutrality Act of 1939 ⓘ |
| restricts |
arms sales to nations at war
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loans and credits to belligerent nations ⓘ |
| signedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| signingPresident |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| subjectMatter |
arms trade regulation
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foreign relations of the United States ⓘ neutrality in armed conflicts ⓘ |
| supportedBy | American isolationists ⓘ |
| temporalScope | initially effective for six months ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1935 ⓘ |
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Subject: Neutrality Act of 1935 Description of subject: The Neutrality Act of 1935 was a U.S. law enacted to keep the country out of foreign conflicts by restricting arms sales and loans to nations at war.
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