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==Background==
==Background==
At the White House on March 20, 1935, President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] told members of the [[Nye Committee]] that an Act should be prepared which would guarantee, in the event of a European war, the absolute neutrality of the American people.<ref>[http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/book/hbzfrm.htm ''The Roosevelt Myth''], John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 2, Ch. 6.</ref> The Neutrality Act was introduced in the Senate and House and passed by very large majorities. It had a time limit of two years and at the expiration of the time limit it was passed again by enormous majorities in both houses.
At the White House on March 20, 1935, President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] told members of the [[Nye Committee]] that an Act should be prepared which would guarantee, in the event of a European war, the absolute neutrality of the American people.<ref>[http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/book/hbzfrm.htm ''The Roosevelt Myth''], [[John T. Flynn]], Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 2, Ch. 6.</ref> The Neutrality Act was introduced in the Senate and House and passed by very large majorities. It had a time limit of two years and at the expiration of the time limit it was passed again by enormous majorities in both houses.
President Roosevelt promptly applied the law when Italian Premier [[Benito Mussolini]] invaded Ethiopia in October 1935. When the [[Spanish Civil War]] broke out in July 1936 Roosevelt discovered the Neutrality Act did not apply to [[civil wars]], but only to wars between countries. Roosevelt requested of Congress to have the law amended immediately to apply to civil war, which Congress did and Roosevelt promptly declared the Neutrality Act in force as to Spain.
President Roosevelt promptly applied the law when Italian Premier [[Benito Mussolini]] invaded Ethiopia in October 1935. When the [[Spanish Civil War]] broke out in July 1936 Roosevelt discovered the Neutrality Act did not apply to [[civil wars]], but only to wars between countries. Roosevelt requested of Congress to have the law amended immediately to apply to civil war, which Congress did and Roosevelt promptly declared the Neutrality Act in force as to Spain.