america enters wwii fdr supports england neutrality act of 1939 – public opinion strongly...
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America Enters WWII
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FDR Supports England
• Neutrality Act of 1939– Public opinion strongly supported him– Warring nations could buy weapons• Cash and carry
– Destroyers for Bases Deal• Old ships for the right to build bases• Loophole
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Isolationist Debate
• Shift in opinion– 1940
• Fight for Freedom Committee– Immediate declaration of war on Germany
• Committee to Defend America– Aid but no armed intervention
• America First Committee– Opposed any aid or intervention
• 1940– FDR elected president for a 3rd term– Campaigned between neutrality and intervention
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Edging Toward War• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iHKtrirjlY
• Lend-Lease Act (1940) – A way to remove the cash requirement– “vital to the defense of the U.S.”– “the arsenal of democracy”– Soviet Union
• Hitler disregarded the Nazi-Soviet Pact• Hemispheric Defense Zone– U.S. Navy would patrol the western Atlantic and reveal the location of German subs
• Atlantic Charter (August 1940)– Committed the two leaders to postwar democracy,
non aggression, free trade, and freedom of the seas– FDR looking for a reason
• Reuben James
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America Embargoes Japan• FDR wanted to weaken Japan– Restricted strategic materials to Japan• 80% of Japan’s oil came from the U.S.
• 1940 Congress passed the Export Control Act– Japan allied itself with Germany & Italy
• Lend-Lease aid to China– FDR froze Japanese assets– Force Japan out of China– Japanese negotiate, but prepare for war
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Japan AttacksU.S. failure to collect sufficient data
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_3RiBp9oLM&feature=related
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US enters the War
• After the attacks on Pearl Harbor, FDR asked congress to declare war on Japan– Near unanimous vote sent us to war– Germany then declares war on US
• Similarities between Pearl Harbor and 9/11
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Assignment
• Create a Newspaper Front page about the day after Pearl Harbor
• Must have– Headline– Picture– Description– Color