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Isolation to Involvement

Isolation to Involvement. Roosevelt Opposes Aggression. Many Americans were shocked at the Japanese brutality toward the Chinese. Roosevelt spoke against what the Japanese were doing. Roosevelt’s solution was to form an informal alliance with peace loving nations. Axis Powers Germany Italy

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Isolation to Involvement

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  1. Isolation to Involvement

  2. Roosevelt Opposes Aggression • Many Americans were shocked at the Japanese brutality toward the Chinese. • Roosevelt spoke against what the Japanese were doing. • Roosevelt’s solution was to form an informal alliance with peace loving nations

  3. Axis Powers • Germany • Italy • Japan • Allies • Britain • France • Soviet Union • China • United States

  4. AXIS POWERS BY 1942

  5. Neutral AMERICAN NEUTRALITY • Americans wanted to remain neutral. • America First Committee • Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies • Feb. 21, 1940:If Germany is defeating England & France, should the U.S. declare war on Germany and send our Army and Navy to Europe to fight against Hitler? Yes: 23% No 77%

  6. Neutral AMERICAN NEUTRALITY • December 16, 1940: Do you think it was a mistake for the U.S. to enter the first World War? • Yes: 39% No 42% No opinion 19%

  7. Neutral NEUTRALITY ACTS • 1935: prohibited arms shipments to all belligerent countries. • 1936: forbid loans to all belligerents • 1937: “Cash and Carry” principle: all nations must pay for nonmilitary purchases and ship the goods in their own vessels

  8. Neutral NEUTRALITY ACTS • 1939: prohibited Americans from traveling on ships of belligerent nations • 1940: Lend Lease program offered to Great Britain…. U.S. becomes the “arsenal of democracy” • FDR responds to Fascist aggression in Europe by protecting democracies and preparing the US for war…..

  9. Movement Toward War • Selective Service Act- 1940 Provided 1.2 million troops trained and 800,000 reserve troops a year. • FDR gave Britain 50 WWI battleships in exchange for 8 British defense bases. • Britain needed the battleships to convoy goods across the Atlantic.

  10. Lend Lease Gives Aid to Allies • Lend-Lease Act- Authorized FDR to sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of to any government when he thought it was in the best interest of his country. • By 1945 the U.S. had given more than $40 billion of aid to the Allies. • Economic declaration of war against the Axis Powers

  11. Atlantic Charter • Atlantic Charter- Document that endorsed national self –determination and an international system of general security. • This happened in a meeting with FDR and Prime Minister of Britain Winston Churchill.

  12. U Boat Battle • Fall of 1941 German U Boats attacked American Ships. • The attacks killed more that 100 Americans. • Americans were angered and this moved them more into a position of declaring war on Germany.

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