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Japan looking to expand and increase it's supply of natural resources invades Manchuria and establishes a puppet government (in violation of the League of Nations)

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Stimson Doctrine
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this act authorized the president to ban any armed shipments and also prohibit Americans from traveling on ships to other nations.

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banned loans and credit to any nation that was involved in war

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banned armed shipment to opposing sides off civil war in spain

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Aggressive and violent tensions and conflicts were rising between European and Asian powers, but a majority of Americans had isolationist feelings. After Japanese invasion of China, FDR proposed that the U.S. work with other powers to “quarantine” the aggressor, but it was rejected by the public and dropped.

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Congress allows for a higher budget of the U.S. military and Navy, increasing the spending by about two-thirds. American isolationists believed this was to protect America in case of an invasion or threat.

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Hitler officially broke the Munich agreement. He sent troops to take over all of Czechoslovakia. At this point, it was clear that Hitler was unstoppable and the war could not have been avoided.

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Hitler and Stalin signed a nonaggression act. However, the reality behind this act was that Poland was divided between the two dictators.

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Germany invades Poland. As Polish allies, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany and its allies, Italy and Japan.

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“Cash and Carry” policy was enacted, which was a less restrictive form of the Neutrality Act. The policy allowed belligerents to buy U.S arms if they used their own ships and paid cash. As the British navy dominated the seas, the new policy favored Great Britain rather than Germany.

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Poland was the first nation to fall to Germany. Following Poland, Denmark, Norway, and France would surrender within the spring of 1940. By the summer, only Great Britain remained.

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The Selective Service Act is passed in Congress, introducing compulsory military service. The Act registered all American men between the ages of 21 to 30 into the draft and trained 1.2 million troops within a year.

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Roosevelt trades 50 older navy destroyers to Great Britain for the right to build military bases on British islands in the Caribbean. The trade allowed for Britain to keep control of the Atlantic sea amongst the threat of German bombing raids.

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The Election of 1940 was between Democrat Franklin Roosevelt and Republican Wendell Willkie. Roosevelt won with 54% of the popular vote, due to the strong economic recovery by defense purchases and the fear of war.

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after seeing Roosevelt's pro-British policies, this committee was formed to sway american's to be against war. speakers like charles lindbergh traveled across america and warned people about the consequences of reengaging with europe.

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Roosevelt proposed to lend money to Britain for the purchase of US war materials, justified by arguing that the US must hep defend “four freedoms:” freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

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Roosevelt proposed ending the cash-and-carry requirement of the Neutrality Act and permitting Britain to obtain all the US arms it needed on credit, named the Lend-Lease Act.

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Throughout the years of 1940 and 1941, relations between America and Japan were tense ever since their interest in helping opposing powers such as Germany and Italy. Eventually, when Japan joined the Axis powers in the beginning of 1940, the United States stopped all trades of steel and scrap iron except for Britain and other allying nations. When Japanese troops occupied Indochina in July 1941, the United States further stopped Japanese access to its foreign goods and U.S. oil.

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With suspicions of America going to war, Roosevelt arranged for a secret meeting with the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, to discuss of a document called the Atlantic Charter that recorded the general principles for an agreement on peace amongst the two nations after the war ended. Covering all basis from citizens to trade, the document was a sign of cooperation as the U.S. was fully involved in aiding Britain at this point in time.

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While the U.S. Navy was actively escorting British ships carrying crucial material after the president's order in July 1941, the American destroyer Greer was attacked on September 4 by a German submarine. As a means of response, Roosevelt ordered for his soldiers to attack all German ships on sight. Through this one order, American was in an undeclared naval war against Germany.

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Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
Ever since the United States' hold of U.S. oil from Japan, the Japanese government tried to negotiate with America in means of getting their oil back in order to fuel its navy. However, Japan's invasion of China and refusal to pull its troops out of China prevented America and Japan from reaching a compromised agreement. Thus, with the lack of oil, Japan believed quick action was necessary.