Neutrality Acts Could not sell arms to nations at war

Neutrality Act of 1939 Cash and carry

Aided Allies Interventionists – US could avoid war if we

aided Britain Tripartite Pact – German, Italy and Japan

become allies “Four Freedoms” Speech Lend-Lease Act – economic declaration of

war Atlantic Charter – General security and

alliance with Britain

Japan depended on US resources Why did FDR place an embargo on

Japan?To stop expansion?To provoke into war?

Hideki Tojo Pearl Harbor – 2500 die, 8 battleships

damaged, 3 destroyers destroyed, and more

Office of War Mobilization – supervised use of industry resources

Douglas MacArthur – commander of US Army in Asia

Bataan Death March – 7000 American and Filipino troops die in 55 mile march to Bataan railway

Battle of Coral Sea – forced Japan to call of attack on New Guinea

Key Terms Anschluss, appeasement, Stalin, Atlantic

Charter, blitzkrieg, Winston Churchill, totalitarianism, Tripartite Pact, Hitler, Mac Arthur, Tojo, WAC, Neutrality Act of 1939

Essay Questions Do you think a totalitarian form of government

would have formed in Germany if the Great Depression had not occurred? Explain.

How did the attack on Pearl Harbor cause the United States to abandon its neutral position on the war between the Allies and Axis Powers?