Road to War Flashcards

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why we fight

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  • us government film on what was happening in europe and japan
  • us government worked with hollywood to produce the films
  • shown in us theatres
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us isolation

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  • great depression is still happening
  • europe is where the issues are - NOT the us
  • us stance was to stay away (this will help hitler and mussolini)
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neutrality acts

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  • passed by congress
  • us will not deal with nations involved in this war
  • us will not trade with nations involved in this war
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aiding the allies

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  • winston churchill (Britain) - last man standing in europe
  • france - take by hitler
  • ussr - attacked by hitler
  • churchill comes to FDR for help (against hitler & mussolini)
  • lend-lease act passed: nations can borrow weapons and supplies (lease)
  • only nations who could do this were “nations fighting for freedom”
  • hitler saw this as an unofficial declaration of war by the us
  • manchuria province in china invaded by japan
  • united states - friends with china
  • 1941 - japan and us hold peace talks
  • december 7, 1941 - japan attacks pearl harbor, hawaii
  • us declares war on japan/ germany declares war on us
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remember this…

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in both world wars the us attempted to stay out. in both world wars events impact our allies and we have no choice but to enter and fight

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the us approached which nationa about their interest in manchuria

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japan

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no american could sail on a belligerent ship according to the

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neutrality acts

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the act that negatively impacted the nations of the axis powers was the

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lend-lease act

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9
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the act that was meant to help defend the us was the

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lend-lease act

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