America Moves Towards War Isolationist Viewpoint Interventionist Viewpoint • The U.S. should avoid alliances with other nations • Americans should focus on issues at home, such as the depression • Complete neutrality was the way to keep the U.S. safe • Intervention in a foreign war would be a mistake, just as WWI was • The U.S. should work with other nations to promote collective security • Axis aggressions were wrong and threatened American interests • The U.S. should aid the allies, who were fighting for democracy and freedom • The U.S. should put pressure on the Axis Powers and prepare for war
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America Moves Towards WarIsolationist Viewpoint Interventionist Viewpoint• The U.S. should avoid
alliances with other nations
• Americans should focus on issues at home, such as the depression
• Complete neutrality was the way to keep the U.S. safe
• Intervention in a foreign war would be a mistake, just as WWI was
• The U.S. should work with other nations to promote collective security
• Axis aggressions were wrong and threatened American interests
• The U.S. should aid the allies, who were fighting for democracy and freedom
• The U.S. should put pressure on the Axis Powers and prepare for war
Moving Cautiously Away from Neutrality FDR issued an official proclamation of neutrality
On Sept. 8, after 6 weeks of debates, FDR persuades Congress to pass “cash-and-carry”
FDR argues we must help France & Britain to defeat Hitler to keep us out of the war
1940, FDR tries to provide Britain “all aid short of war”
The Lend-Lease Plan
• This was a economic declaration of war against Germany & the Axis
• FDR tells nation if Britain fall, Axis powers are free to conquer the world– U.S. must become the “arsenal of democracy”
• By late 1940, Britain has no more cash to buy U.S. arms
• 1941 Lend-Lease Act – U.S. to lend or lease supplies for defense– lend weapons & other supplies to any country