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To be Plunged into War
The decision to declare war is a critical power given to Congress. But after World War I and during the Great Depression, these war-weary petitioners sought an amendment that would "give the people the opportunity to vote on whether or not we are to be plunged into another foreign war."
Petition for a constitutional amendment to hold national referendums on declarations of war, circa 1938, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives |