Chapter 16 World War Looms 1931-1941

1. Chapter 16World War Looms1931-1941 Section 4 America Moves Toward War Pages 550-557

2. 1939 Congress passes Neutrality Act. What did the Neutrality Act allow? (550) Permitted nations to buy U.S. armaments as long as they paid cash and carried the goods away in their own ships Section 4: America Moves Toward War- A Sequence of Events

3. 1940 - Axis powers form alliance. Who were the Axis powers? What did their alliance mean for the U.S.? (551) Axis powers: Germany, Italy, and later Japan If the U.S. declared war on any of the Axis powers, it would have to fight a two-ocean war. Section 4: America Moves Toward War- A Sequence of Events

4. 1941 – Congress passes Lend-Lease Act. What did the Lend-Lease Act do? (552) Allowed the president to lend or lease arms and supplies to “any country whose defense was vital to the U.S.” Section 4: America Moves Toward War- A Sequence of Events

5. 1941 Germany invades USSR. 1941 Japan takes over French military bases in Indochina. Section 4: America Moves Toward War- A Sequence of Events

6. What did the U.S. do to protest Japan’s action? (555) The U.S. punished Japan with a trade embargo. 1941 Congress extends the draft. Section 4: America Moves Toward War- A Sequence of Events

7. 1941 Churchill and Roosevelt draft the Atlantic Charter What pledges were contained in the Atlantic Charter? (554) Collective security Disarmament Self-determination Economic cooperation Freedom of the Jews Section 4: America Moves Toward War- A Sequence of Events

8. 1941 “A Declaration by the United Nations” is signed by the Allies. Who were the Allies? (554) The Allies were an alliance of 26 nations that had joined together to fight the Axis powers. Section 4: America Moves Toward War- A Sequence of Events

9. 1941 Hideki Tojo becomes Japan’s prime minister. 1941 U.S. Senate allows arming of merchant ships. Section 4: America Moves Toward War- A Sequence of Events

10. 1941 Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. What did the attack do to the U.S. Pacific fleet? (556-557) The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor almost destroyed the U.S. Pacific fleet? Section 4: America Moves Toward War- A Sequence of Events http://staff.imsa.edu/socsci/jvictory/wwii_04/timeline_wwii/1939_44.htm

11. 1941 As U.S. declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on U.S. Franklin Delano Roosevelt On the Declaration of War, 1941 http://classzone.com/books/am_05_shared/pdf/psource/TAR03_16_557_PS.pdf Why did Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.? (557) They had signed a mutual defense treaty with Japan in which they agreed to come to each other’s aid in the event of an attack. WWII illustrated timeline http://staff.imsa.edu/socsci/jvictory/wwii_04/timeline_wwii/1939_44.htm Section 4: America Moves Toward War- A Sequence of Events

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14. Section 4: America Moves Toward War- A Sequence of Events World War II: Alliancehttp://lcweb.loc.gov/ exhibits/ archives/ worw.html Summary of the role of the Lend-Lease Act in the alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union. Part of a site devoted to the Library of Congress's Revelations from the Russian Archives exhibit. The U-Boat War, 1939–1945http://uboat.net/ Site providing a comprehensive look at the boats, the men, and the Atlantic and Mediterranean sea battles between the Germans and the Allies. Pearl Harbor Rememberedhttp://my.execpc.com/~dschaaf/index.html Comprehensive information about the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, including maps and survivors' accounts The Coast Guard and the North Atlantic Campaignhttp://www.uscg.mil/ hq/ g-cp/ history/ h_AtlWar.html Detailed story of the U.S. Coast Guard's role in the war in the Atlantic As found on classzone.com