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Chapter 10 Quick Review. America’s Involvement. Neutrality Acts Could not sell arms to nations at war Neutrality Act of 1939 Cash and carry Aided Allies Interventionists – US could avoid war if we aided Britain Tripartite Pact – German, Italy and Japan become allies “Four Freedoms” Speech
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America’s Involvement • Neutrality Acts • Could not sell arms to nations at war • Neutrality Act of 1939 • Cash and carry • Aided Allies • Interventionists – US could avoid war if we aided Britain • Tripartite Pact – German, Italy and Japan become allies • “Four Freedoms” Speech • Lend-Lease Act – economic declaration of war • Atlantic Charter – General security and alliance with Britain
America Enters the War • Japan depended on US resources • Why did FDR place an embargo on Japan? • To stop expansion? • To provoke into war? • Hideki Tojo • Pearl Harbor – 2500 die, 8 battleships damaged, 3 destroyers destroyed, and more • Office of War Mobilization – supervised use of industry resources
Fighting in the Pacific • Douglas MacArthur – commander of US Army in Asia • Bataan Death March – 7000 American and Filipino troops die in 55 mile march to Bataan railway • Battle of Coral Sea – forced Japan to call of attack on New Guinea
Test Review • Key Terms • Anschluss, appeasement, Stalin, Atlantic Charter, blitzkrieg, Winston Churchill, totalitarianism, Tripartite Pact, Hitler, Mac Arthur, Tojo, WAC, Neutrality Act of 1939 • Essay Questions • Do you think a totalitarian form of government would have formed in Germany if the Great Depression had not occurred? Explain. • How did the attack on Pearl Harbor cause the United States to abandon its neutral position on the war between the Allies and Axis Powers?