From Isolation to Pearl Harbor

Chapter 21 Section 3

Words to KnowWords to Know

Cash-and-carry policy: A plan that let nations at war buy goods that they could pay cash for and then carry home

Lend-lease plan: To lend or lease supplies to a country whose defense is needed to protect the U.S.

Staying Out of WarStaying Out of War

1935-37: Congress passed laws to keep us out of war:◦ Many supported laws

peaceful nation◦ Also because of Isolationism

Problems of our own Cash-and-carry policy

created F.D. Roosevelt:

◦ Did not agree with isolationism

◦ US should be a good neighbor

◦ US should stand up to dictators in Europe

Dealing with the Great Depression

The End of IsolationThe End of Isolation

Before 1940, no President of the U.S. had run for a third term:◦ 1940 election different:

War in Europe Many Americans thought

Roosevelt’s experience as a leader was necessary if U.S did go to war

1940: ◦ Roosevelt re-elected◦ 1st American President to

serve more than 2 terms◦ Roosevelt said that the U.S.

needed to keep Hitler out of the Western Hemisphere Asked for the 1st peacetime

draft in U.S. history

Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill

Leader of Great Britain

Asked U.S. for help against Nazi Germany:◦Didn’t have enough

money to buy weapons

Congress passed the lend-lease plan:◦Isolationists disliked

this plan

SuppliesSupplies

Sending supplies to Great Britain was dangerous:◦German submarines

attacked American ships

10/1941: ◦German submarines

sank U.S. Navy ship, killed 115

Pearl HarborPearl Harbor

Sept. 1940: ◦ Japan allied with Germany

and Italy Roosevelt stopped trade

with Japan:◦ Banned oil shipments:

Needed oil to run tanks, trucks, and airplanes

11/1941: Japan and the U.S. would

compromise during talks While Japan was in talks

with the U.S. they were also busy planning an attack on the U.S.

AttackAttack

Before Dawn 12/7/1941:◦Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

(Oahu)◦Japanese planes

destroyed 19 ships◦Killed more than

2,400 Americans12/8/1941:

◦U.S. declares war on Japan

U.S. joins the allies

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