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Alex Smith

Alex Smith. American Isolationism. The U.S. senate didn’t want America to join the League of Nations The U.S. was trying to just get away with any involvement with war between anyone so they wanted to isolate from everyone. Neutrality Act of 1935.

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  1. Alex Smith

  2. American Isolationism • The U.S. senate didn’t want America to join the League of Nations • The U.S. was trying to just get away with any involvement with war between anyone so they wanted to isolate from everyone.

  3. Neutrality Act of 1935 • It was created to prevent the nation from being drawn in to a war • They used the act because when FDR was worrying about his new deal it took his focus off of other things like staying away form making a war • the act outlawed making loans to warring countries

  4. FDR’s Quarantine Speech -When the speech was given he talked about passed events and compared it to the diseases that were spreading -He said that they should do something to stop it from spreading by quarantine aggressive nations

  5. Cash and Carry policy • Franklin D Roosevelt and Great Britain was involved in the cash and carry policy • GB couldn’t refuse the offer FDR made because they were to weak to be able to even do anything about it • Because FDR wanted to make a trade with Great Britain it made it look like they were getting ready to prepare for war. • Because of the action FDR took it made the president of Germany think they had to do something to prevent what FDR want to accomplish

  6. Lend-Lease Act • It was to help aid allies in the fight against Hitler. • This act allowed the nation to be able to send weapons to GB even though they may have been not able to pay for it

  7. Atlantic Charter • The bond between Roosevelt and the Britain Leader grew • Roosevelt and the Leader of Britain met secretly so they could agree on working against Hitler

  8. Pearl Harbor attacked • Japan had devised a sneak attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor. • The military planners already thought that someone would eventually attack Pearl Harbor.

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