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America Enters WWII

America Enters WWII. 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. Isolationist Debate. Shift in opinion 1940

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America Enters WWII

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  1. America Enters WWII

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Japan AttacksU.S. failure to collect sufficient data http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_3RiBp9oLM&feature=related

  7. 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

  8. Assignment • Create a Newspaper Front page about the day after Pearl Harbor • Must have • Headline • Picture • Description • Color

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