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Neutrality to War

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Reasons for American isolationism/neutrality People recalled WWI, most European nations were no longer paying the US back for any wartime debts, Nye Committee insinuated that arms manufacturers tricked the US into entering WWI so that could make profits, some thought Europe needs to solve the issue
Define: Neutrality Act of 1935 Made it illegal to sell arms to any country at war
Define: Neutrality Act of 1937 All nations have to buy nonmilitary US supplies by sending their own ships to transport the goods and pay in CASH (cash-and-carry)
Define: Neutrality Act of 1939 Permitted the sale of weapons, but on a cash-and-carry basis
Define: Destroyers-for-bases Provided a loophole in the ban on weapons so that President Roosevelt could give 50 of our old destroyers to Great Britain in exchange for American access and use of British bases in the Atlantic
Define: Lend-Lease Act The US could lend or lease arms to any country considered "vital to the defense of the United States"
Atlantic Charter: participants involved Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and Winston Churchill
Atlantic Charter: goals and principles US and GB were not after more territory, no territorial changes unless the people living there agreed, everyone can choose their form of gov, all nations are treated humanely, no nation can use force, free trade, economic advancement, freedom of the seas
Dr. Seuss' view on appeasement He was strongly against it and believes it doesn't work.
Reasons why Japan was angry with the US leading up to Pearl Harbor US cut off trade and economics with Japan and negotiations weren't working
Goal of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor Destroy the aircraft carriers (unsuccessful)
Date and location of the bombing at Pearl Harbor Date: December 7, 1941 at 8:00 AM Location: Oahu Island, Hawaii
Aftermath of the Pearl harbor raid (men killed, ships destroyed, etc) Crippled or destroyed 18 American ships, almost 300 planes damaged (180+ destroyed), airfields and dry docks were destroyed, 2,403 men were killed, and 1,178 men were wounded.
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