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US FOREIGN POLICES AND WWII United States KEY WORDS Isolationism • A governmental policy of not taking part in economic and political alliances or relations with other countries Neutrality • The policy of not taking a side in a war that other nations are fighting Neutrality act of 1935 POLICIES Good Neighbor Policy • non-intervention and non-interference in the domestic affairs of Latin America. • It also reinforced the idea that the US would be a “good neighbor” and engage in reciprocal exchanges with Latin America countries. • Imposed a general embargo on trading in arms and war materials with all parties in a war. • It also declared that American citizens travelling on warring ships travelled at their own risk. The act was set to expire after six months. Neutrality Act 1936 • renewed the provisions of the 1935 act for another 14 months. POLICIES Neutrality act 1937 • included the provisions of the earlier acts, this time without expiration date, and extended • However, this act did not them to cover civil wars as cover "civil wars," such as the one in Spain, nor did it well. • It also forbade all loans or credits to belligerents. cover materials such as trucks and oil • Furthermore, U.S. ships were prohibited from transporting any passengers or articles to belligerents, and U.S. citizens were forbidden from traveling on ships of belligerent nations. IMPORTANT FOREIGN EVENTS Munich Conference 1938 • AKA The Munich Pact Lend-Lease Act • A legislation passed by congress in 1941 • Agreement in which Britain and France appeased Hitler adopting a plan to lend by agreeing that Germany arms to Britain could annex the Sudetenland, • A German-Speaking region of Czechoslovakia ATLANTIC CHARTER • Defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. • It was drafted by the leaders of Britain and the US • The Charter stated the ideal goals of the war: 1. No territorial aggrandizement 2. No territorial changes made against the wishes of the people 3. Restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; 4. Equal access to raw materials; 5. Reduction of trade restrictions 6. Global cooperation to secure better economic and social conditions for all freedom from fear and want; freedom of the seas; and abandonment of the use of force, as well as disarmament of aggressor nations. Potsdam Conference CONFERENCES Yalta Conference Feb. 1945 • Allied Leaders • FDR, Churchill, Stalin • Plan the future of post WWII Europe July- August 1945 • Allied Leaders • Truman, Churchill, Atlee, Stalin • Finalize post WWII plans for Europe