Editing Neutrality Acts of the 1930s (section)

==Neutrality Act of 1936==
The Neutrality Act of 1936,<ref>Public Resolution 74, 74th Congress, {{USStat|49|1152}} of February 29, 1936</ref> passed in February of that year, renewed the provisions of the 1935 act for another 14 months. It also forbade all loans or credits to belligerents.

However, this act did not cover "civil wars", such as [[Spanish Civil War|that in Spain (1936–1939)]], nor did it cover materials used in civilian life such as trucks and oil. U.S. companies such as [[Texaco]], [[Standard Oil]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[General Motors]], and [[Studebaker]] sold such items to the Nationalists under  [[Francisco Franco|General Franco]] on credit. By 1939, Spain owed these and other companies more than $100,000,000.<ref>{{cite book |last=Anderson |first=James M. |title=The Spanish Civil War: A History and Reference Guide |location=Westport, Connecticut |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-32274-7|year=2003 }}</ref>{{page needed|date=August 2020}}