WWIIWWII Part 3Part 3

AmericanAmerican IsolationismIsolationism andand

The Sleeping Giant The Sleeping Giant is Awakenedis Awakened

In the 1930’s, before In the 1930’s, before WWII begins WWII begins

Congress passed Congress passed laws making it illegal laws making it illegal

to help other to help other countries in a war.countries in a war.

America Chooses Isolationism

•Isolationism- The plan to The plan to stay separate from other stay separate from other countries issues. countries issues.

FDR believes FDR believes Germany is a Germany is a

threat to the US threat to the US so he starts taking so he starts taking steps to help the steps to help the

BritishBritish

Cash-and-Carry Policy

•President Franklin Delano President Franklin Delano Roosevelt convinced Roosevelt convinced congress to pass the cash-congress to pass the cash-and-carry policy.and-carry policy.

Cash-and-Carry Cash-and-Carry PolicyPolicy

•This law let Britain buy goods This law let Britain buy goods from American businesses if from American businesses if they paid in cash and carried they paid in cash and carried the goods to Britain in their the goods to Britain in their own ships. own ships.

Next, USA Passes the Next, USA Passes the Lend-Lease ActLend-Lease Act

•This law allowed the U.S. This law allowed the U.S. to lend weapons to Britain to lend weapons to Britain

While war While war raged in raged in Europe the Europe the Japanese Japanese were taking were taking over over ChinaChina, , IndochinaIndochina, , East IndiesEast Indies, , MalayaMalaya, and , and the the PhilippinesPhilippines..

To try to stop To try to stop Japanese expansion Japanese expansion FDR stopped selling FDR stopped selling the Japanese things the Japanese things

like oil, gasoline, like oil, gasoline, and other natural and other natural

resources.resources.

The Japanese The Japanese became angry and became angry and planned a secret planned a secret

attack on the United attack on the United States Navy located States Navy located

in Hawaii.in Hawaii.

The Sleeping Giant is Awakened

On December 7, On December 7, 1941,1941, Japanese Japanese

war planes war planes attacked Pearl attacked Pearl

Harbor, Hawaii.Harbor, Hawaii.

The attack destroyed many

ships and planes. More than 2,300

sailors and civilians were

killed.

President President Roosevelt asked Roosevelt asked

congress to congress to declare war on declare war on

Japan.Japan.

Roosevelt called Roosevelt called December 7 December 7

“A date which “A date which will live in will live in infamy!”infamy!”

Congress Congress declared declared war on war on

Japan on Japan on December December 8, 1941.8, 1941.

on

Three days later, Three days later, Germany and Germany and Italy declared Italy declared

war on the war on the United States.United States.

To Be To Be ContinuedContinued

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