Download American Neutrality leading to WWII

WARM UP 4/4
• 1) Who was the First New Deal aimed at? Who was the Second New Deal aimed at?
• 2) What did Herbert Hoover mean by “Rugged Individualism”?
• 3) What was the most objected term under the Treaty of Versailles for Americans?
• 4) List the four outcomes for Germany under the Treaty of Versailles, and write two
sentences explaining which one you think will the most impactful to starting WWII.
• 5) Write 2 slogans or draw 2 pictures explaining both Booker T. Washington’s and
WEB Dubois’ philosophies towards African-Americans.
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY
LEADING TO WWII
Focus Question: How did America remain neutral during the
events leading to WWII, and why?
NEUTRALITY ACTS
DESIGNED TO KEEP US OUT OF WAR
• When the President proclaimed the existence
of a foreign war, certain restrictions would
automatically go into effect
• This would prevent the President from getting
the military involved in foreign conflict.
• America in the 1930s declined to build up its
forces!
NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1935
• Made an embargo on the trade
of arms or military supplies
with everyone involved in war.
• Set to expire after 6 months
• Put into effect after Italy
invades Ethiopia
NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1936
• Enhanced and renewed the act of
1935 (14 months)
• Loopholes
• Did not include civil war
• Did not say anything about trucks and
oil
• Oil and car companies trade with Franco
NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1937
• Enhanced and Renewed the acts
with no expiration date
• Extended to cover civil wars
• No US ships could carry people or
supplies to belligerent nations
• No US person could travel on
belligerent ships
NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1939
• Germany invades Poland
• Great Britain and France declare war
• Arms trade with belligerent nations
(Great Britain and France)
• Cash and Carry basis
• US people and ships could not enter
war zones
• Shipping arms became federal
crime
LEND-LEASE ACT (1941)
• US can sell, lend, or give war
materials to “countries who the
President deems necessary to our
defense”
• The United States is the “arsenal of
democracy”
“LEND-LEASE” ACT (1941)
Great Britain.........................$31 billion
Soviet Union...........................$11 billion
France......................................$ 3 billion
China.......................................$1.5 billion
Other European.................$500 million
South America...................$400 million
The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000
The Allies really
need US help…so
we decide to start
selling military aid
to Allied nations.
US IS SLOWLY CREEPING CLOSER TO
WAR…
1. Neutrality Act of 1935 and 1937-US doesn’t sell any
weapons to Allies
2. Neutrality Act of 1939-US begins to sell weapons
to the Allies
3. Lend-Lease Act of 1941-US gives
military aid to Allied nations…huge
factor in Allied victory
MOVING TOWARDS WAR…
• Selective Training and
Service Act of 1940
• Strengthen military in case of war
• First peacetime draft in US history
MOVING TOWARDS WAR…
• FDR’s Four Freedoms
Speech in 1941
• Preparing the US emotionally and
morally for a war
• Raising public support for the war
• Everybody should have freedom…
1.
…of speech
2.
…of religion
3.
…from want
4.
…from fear
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Commander in Chief of
the Japanese Armed
Forces during World War
II…
Pearl Harbor – Dec. 7, 1941
A date which will live in infamy!
Pearl Harbor from the
Cockpit of a Japanese Plane
USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Memorial
2,887 Americans Dead!
FDR Signs the War
Declaration
The Pearl Harbor
attack finally pushes
the US to officially
enter the war…