Permanent historical factsheet

Neutrality

United States · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1838–1962Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1838

Martin van Buren21 October 1838

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Issues a second neutrality proclamation directed toward Canada

1936

Cordell Hull7 September 1936

Government / Democratic Party Government

Issues a public warning that a general war would "shatter our civilization"

Franklin Delano Roosevelt31 December 1936

Government / Democratic Party Government

The Neutrality Laws are strengthened

1937

Franklin Delano Roosevelt5 October 1937

Government / Democratic Party Government

Roosevelt renounces the neutrality policy towards Japan

1939

Franklin Delano Roosevelt4 November 1939

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Signs an amendment to the Neutrality Act

1962

John Fitzgerald Kennedy23 July 1962

Government / Democratic Party Government

An greement signed by 14 nations guarentees the neutrality & independence of Laos

Names involved

Cordell HullFranklin Delano RooseveltJohn Fitzgerald KennedyMartin van Buren

Provenance

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