Churchill disagrees with appeasement policy, speaks against it. (use of force is the only thing that will stop Hitler) Appeasement- means giving in.

World War IIEvents leading to America’s entry

Churchill’s rise to power

Churchill disagrees with appeasement policy, speaks against it. (use of force is the only thing that will stop Hitler)

Appeasement- means giving in to someone provided their demands are seen as reasonable. Both Britain and France began to see that the Treaty of Versailles placed unfair restrictions on Germany. In order to prevent a War, Britain and France use appeasement in an attempt to satisfy German demands.

1940 becomes Prime Minister; Chamberlin steps down.

Without Churchill Britain falls to Hitler or Makes peace with Hitler.

Churchill gets America involved. (Lend Lease, Atlantic Charter)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Elected for a third term, 1940. New Deal

› Government spending 1. Helped to build Naval ships 2. Helped to build Weapons of War

Not an isolationist, had to combat isolationism.

Neutrality Laws

Neutrality Acts of› 1935- imposed a general embargo on trading in arms

and war materials with all parties in a war› 1936- renewed the provisions of the 1935 act for

another 14 months› 1937- included the provisions of the earlier acts, this

time without expiration date, and extended them to cover civil wars as well

› 1939- allowing for arms trade with belligerent nations on a cash and carry basis, in effect ending the arms embargo. Ultimately, the Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 were repealed

› End of Neutrality- The end of neutrality policy came with the Lend-Lease Act

January 1941

Lend Lease Deal introduced in Congress

Becomes law March 11, 1941 Extended to the Soviet Union, August

1941› Importance Lend-Lease allowed the United

States to sell or trade weapons with Nations that were at War against Germany. Without this, Allied victory would not have been possible.

August 1941

FDR and Winston Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter› America and Great Britain issued a

statement of joint war goals› Establishing America’s involvement in the

War› Undeclared War against the Germans in

the Atlantic

Importance of Atlantic Charter

Brought FDR and Churchill together for the first time. (Discussed the issues of German force)

Freedom of the Seas (important for trade)

All nations should be free to choose their form of government without coercion from other nations. (Including coercion from Great Britain)

Monumental, America was neutral

September 1941

FDR orders shoot-on-sight policy against German and Italian U-Boats.

Germans fired on American ships in WWI because they thought they had munitions on them.

FDR did not want to wait for American ships to be sunk.

America’s effort to build an army

Was able to get congress to pass peace time draft policy. (Helped build an army, in response to Hitler’s invasion and capturing of France)

18th largest army in the world as of the fall of France, May 10, 1940 (Dutch and Swiss army larger than ours)

Japanese aggression 1931-1940

War in China (Japan wanted their own India)› Expansionism.

Autarky-the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation. a national policy of economic independence.› Did not benefit America

Demand for oil (Navy and Army needed oil to pursue expansionism)

Oil

Find other sources (US dominated the worlds oil production. Accounting for 63% of the worlds oil in 1941)

US provided 80 percent of Japan’s oil› Embargo cut off Japan to American oil› Could not sustain their war effort in China› Japan saw a military strike on the US as the only

option Dutch East Indies (major oil producing area,

Dutch colony) Japanese wanted to seize it and eventually was

forced to.

US Pacific Role

US only power that could stop Japanese expansion› Strong Navy› Only Country not involved in a War

FDR moved Naval Fleet from San Diego to Pearl Harbor. › Japanese saw this as an American

positioning to prevent their expansion

Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941 › Japanese launched a surprise attack on

Pearl Harbor. Ended Isolationist debate, completely. Unified America, Never as unified as

we were for this war. (War time effort ended the Great Depression)

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Works cited

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www.academicamerican.com/worldwar2/topics/1920WWII1940.htm

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militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/wwiipaccauses_2.htm

http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/O-W/Oil-Oil-and-world-power.html

http://www.selectiveservice.us/military-draft/7-use.shtml