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Several acts passed by the United States Congress are known as the War Powers Act:

  • the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917
  • the War Powers Act of 1941
  • the War Powers Clause
  • the War Powers Resolution of 1973

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War Powers Resolution

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The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. ch. 33) is a federal law intended to check...

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War Powers Act

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are known as the War Powers Act: the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 the War Powers Act of 1941 the War Powers Clause the War Powers Resolution of 1973...

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War Powers Act of 1941

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The War Powers Act of 1941, also known as the First War Powers Act, was an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. The...

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Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917

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International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to restrict again the application of TWEA only to times of war, while the IEEPA was intended to be...

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Declaration of war by the United States

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declaration of war. A compromise in the debate was reached with the War Powers Resolution. This act clearly defined how many soldiers could be deployed by the...

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War Powers Clause

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the War Powers Clause, vests in the Congress the power to declare war, in the following wording: [The Congress shall have Power ...] To declare War, grant...

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National Security Act of 1947

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departments. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Congress passed the First War Powers Act, which authorized the sitting president "to make such redistribution...

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Central Powers

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The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918). It consisted of the...

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Emergency Powers Act 1920

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Government, the Act made permanent the powers of the war-time Defence of the Realm Acts. The Act did not apply to Ireland, where due to the War of Independence...

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Special Powers Act

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Forces (Special Powers) Act of India Special Powers Act, 1974 of Bangladesh War Powers Act, also called War Powers Resolution of 1973 of United States This...

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War Measures Act

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The War Measures Act (French: Loi sur les mesures de guerre; 5 George V, Chap. 2) was a statute of the Parliament of Canada that provided for the declaration...

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Axis powers

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The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought...

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Allies of World War II

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international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members by the end of 1941 were the "Big...

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Great power

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Mearsheimer defines great powers as those that "have sufficient military assets to put up a serious fight in an all-out conventional war against the most powerful...

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International Emergency Economic Powers Act

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The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 95–223, 91 Stat. 1626, enacted October 28...

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WPA

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Act, a law protecting certain whistleblowers in the USA War Powers Resolution or War Powers Act, a limitation of presidential powers War Powers Act of...

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Allied war crimes during World War II

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only considered allegations of war crimes committed by people who acted in the interests of the Axis powers. Some war crimes involving Allied personnel...

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World War I

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World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Fighting...

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Emergency Powers Act 1939

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The Emergency Powers Act 1939 (EPA) was an Act of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) enacted on 3 September 1939, after an official state of emergency had...

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Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

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regular Amateur Radio Service again when invoking the War Powers Act of 1941. Despite many wars involving the United States since 1952, this has never...

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List of proxy wars

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This is a list of proxy wars. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. A proxy war is defined as "a war fought between groups of smaller countries that...

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United States Department of War

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the War Powers Act of 1941. He divided the Army of the United States (AUS) into three autonomous components to conduct the operations of the War Department:...

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Allied Powers

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Central Powers Allies of World War II, member nations of the World War II alliance who fought against the Axis Powers Allied Powers (Maritime Courts) Act 1941...

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Emergencies Act

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Canada's emergency powers. The McDonald Commission recommended the War Measures Act be amended to focus on powers necessary during times of war, invasion or...

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National Guard Bureau

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War and the recent Spanish–American War of 1898. The Militia Act of 1792 was posited to be obsolete. The resulting Militia Act of 1903 (or Dick Act)...

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World War II by country

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neutral throughout the war, the only member of the British Commonwealth to do so. The Emergency Powers Act 1939 gave sweeping new powers to the government...

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