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Isolationism/Non-Intervention Immigration Act of 1924 Neutrality Acts (1935-1939) Cash and Carry

Isolationism/Non-Intervention Immigration Act of 1924 Neutrality Acts (1935-1939) Cash and Carry America First Movement Charles Lindbergh Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies Frank Boykin Brookley Field Gulf Shipbuilding (Chickasaw) ADDSCO

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Isolationism/Non-Intervention Immigration Act of 1924 Neutrality Acts (1935-1939) Cash and Carry

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  1. Isolationism/Non-Intervention Immigration Act of 1924 Neutrality Acts (1935-1939) Cash and Carry America First Movement Charles Lindbergh Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies Frank Boykin Brookley Field Gulf Shipbuilding (Chickasaw) ADDSCO Population of Mobile: 112,000 in 1941 (up 20,000 in 20 years) 1940 Presidential Election (Franklin Roosevelt vs. Wendell Wilkie) Alf Landon Frank Knox (Secretary of Navy) Henry Stimson (Secretary of War) Selective Service (draft, September 1940) Destroyers for Bases Agreement (September 1940)

  2. Lend-Lease (March 1941) Escorting convoys as far as Iceland June 11, 1941: Robin Moor September 4, 1941: Greer incident Shoot on Sight order October 16, 1941: Kearney incident Neutrality Act repealed October 30, 1941: Reuben James sunk German declaration of war on the United States, December 11, 1941 Italian declaration of war, December 11, 1941 Factors in Hitler’s decision: U.S.-German naval war Beliefs about U.S. racial inferiority Beliefs about U.S. economic weakness Beliefs about U.S. military shortcomings Desire to bind Japan and have their navy on his side

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