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CHAPTER 24 SECTION 4
From Isolationism to War
NEUTRALITY ACTS
Prevented international involvement
Banned the U.S. from providing
weapons to nations at war
Banned loans to nations at war
A third one permitted trade with
fighting nations in non military
goods as long as those nations paid
in cash and transported the Cargo
themselves
CASH AND CARRY
Permitted trade with fighting nations
in non military goods as long as
those nations paid in cash and
transported the Cargo themselves
AMERICA FIRST COMMITTEE
A group of isolationists
Wanted to block further aid to
Britain
At one point had more than 800,000
members
LEND-LEASE ACT
Authorized the President to aid any
nation whose defense he believed
was vital to American security
FDR immediately began sending aid
to Britain
Eventually, aid was sent to the
Soviets as well
WHY DID ROOSEVELT ASK CONGRESS
TO PASS THE LEND-LEASE ACT?
The nations which needed American
military equipment were running out
of money to pay for weapons
Lend-Lease allowed nations to
pursue their war efforts with the idea
that they would pay back their debts
to the U.S. later
LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON PAGE 819. AFTER
READING THE CAPTION, HOW DO YOU THINK
THESE PROTESTERS HOPE TO SWAY VOTES?
The protesters sued their roles as
mothers to attack the aid bill as a
threat to their sons’ lives.
By praying, they hoped to appeal to
the lawmakers religious beliefs by
equating religion with pacifism
DESCRIBE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE JAPANESE
AD THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE ATTACK
ON PEARL HARBOR.
Not Great
The U.S. was unhappy with Japan’s
expansionist policies
U.S. cut off oil and steel shipment to
Japan
Peace negotiations were underway
These were a Japanese distraction
WHERE AND ON WHAT DATE DID
THE JAPANESE ATTACK THE UNITED
STATES?
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
December 7, 1941
WHY DID THE JAPANESE ATTACK THIS
SPECIFIC LOCATION?
Pearl Harbor was the home of the
U.S. Pacific Fleet
An attack here would cripple the
American Pacific Fleet
WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE DID THE
JAPANESE DO DURING THIS ATTACK?
2,400 Americans killed
1,200 wounded
200 American war planes damaged or
destroyed
18 warships sunk or damaged
(including 8 of the 9 battleships)
The Japanese only lost 29 planes
WHERE DID THE JAPANESE INFLICT THE MOST DAMAGE?
East of Ford Island, where most of
the battleships were located