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Skeleton Notes: Chapter 13, Section 4 ‘America Enters the War’
 I. FDR Supports England
A. Two days after Britain and France declared war against Germany, FDR declared the US ____________.
B. The Neutrality Act of 1939 allowed warring countries to buy weapons from the United States as long as it was
“____________ and ___________”
C.
FDR used loophole in the Neutrality Act of ’39
1.
Sent 50 old destroyers to Britain in exchange for…
2.
the right to build American bases on British-controlled Newfoundland, Bermuda and Caribbean islands
 II. The Isolationist Debate
A. American public opinion changed after fall of France and Dunkirk
B. The ________________ ____________Committee opposed any American intervention or aid to Allies
C.
FDR ran for a ____________ term in 1940
1.
The Republican candidate was Wendell Willkie.
2.
Both FDR and Willkie said they would stay neutral but aid allies.
3.
FDR won by a wide margin
4.
Americans wanted FDR in time of potential crisis
 III. Edging toward War
A. FDR proposed the ______________- ______________ Act
1.
US would lend and lease arms to any country it felt vital to the defense of the US”
2.
Congress passed it by a large majority
B. June 1941 Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in violation of their non-aggression pact.
C.
FDR developed the hemispheric defense zone.
1.
Declared entire western half of the Atlantic as part of Western Hemisphere and therefore neutral
2.
Allowed US Navy to patrol the western Atlantic and reveal location of German ____________________
to British
D. August 1941, FDR and Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed to the Atlantic Charter
1.
The __________________ ________________ set for the their view of the postwar world.
2.
These views included :
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Democracy,
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Nonaggression,
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______________ trade,

Economic advancement,
Skeleton Notes: Chapter 13, Section 4 ‘America Enters the War’
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E.
Freedom of the ______________.
After German U-boat fired on the American destroyer Greer,
1.
FDR ordered US ships to follow a “shoot on sight” policy towards German Submarines
2.
Germans torpedoed and sank the American destroyer Rueben James in the North Atlantic
 IV. Japan Attacks the United States
A. Roosevelt’s primary goal between August 1939 and December 1941 was to help Britain and allies defeat
Germany
1.
Britain moved ships from Southeast Asia to the ________________
2.
US supported policies to discourage ________________ from attacking the less protected British Empire
B. July 1940 Congress passed the Export Control Act
C.
1.
Gave Roosevelt the power to restrict the sale of ________________ ______________ (materials for
fighting war) to other countries
2.
Roosevelt blocked the sale of airplane fuel and scrap iron to Japan
3.
Japan signed an alliance with Germany and Italy
July 1941 Japanese aircraft posed a direct threat to British Empire. FDR responded:
1.
He froze all Japanese assets in the US
2.
Reduced amount of oil shipped to Japan
3.
Sent General _______________________ to the Philippines to build up American defenses there
D. Japan decided to:
E.
F.
1.
Attack resource-rich British and Dutch colonies in SE Asia
2.
Seize the Philippines
3.
and Attack ______________ _________________.
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
1.
Sunk or damaged 21 ships in the US Pacific fleet
2.
Killed 2,043 Americans, hundred more injured
3.
Roosevelt asked congress for a declaration of war on December 8th
On December 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declared war on the US
1.
Hitler underestimated the ability of the US to fight in Europe and the Pacific at the same time.