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Roosevelt dodged the neutrality acts through the Lend-Lease Act. This act allowed America to lend or lease weapons to any country "vital to the defense of the United States. As long as Britain paid America back the Act allowed America to send weapons to Britain. He continues to talk about Germany, Italy and Japan attempting to conquer the world. He says that in order to protect our democracy we must help Britain. The Lend-Lease Act not only aided Britain but also the Soviet Union when the Germans violated the Nazi-Soviet Pact.

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Benito Mussolini

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Since Germany was destroying American ships carrying weapons to the British, and they could not use their navy since they were neutral, Roosevelt created the Hemispheric Defense Zone. This meant that the Germans could not sail on the western side of the Atlantic because America wa neutral. America then put their navy in the Atlantic and watched the German ships so that their ships could make it to Britain safely.

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Hideki Tojo

Joseph Stalin

Benito Mussolini

Adolf Hitler

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Hideki Tojo

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Adolf Hitler

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Joseph Stalin

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Neither China nor Japan had declared war Roosevelt claimed that the Neutrality Act of 1937 did't apply. He authorized sales of weapons to the Chinese.

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Roosevelt didn't believe in isolationism. He believed that trade helped prevent war. Despite, having these ideals he never made any moves to veto the bills.

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Many American's have a very isolationist mindset in the beginning of the 1930's

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Many American's have a very isolationist mindset in the beginning of the 1930's

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-isolationist group
-opposed any intervention of aid to the Allies

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Committee to Defend U.S by aiding Allies

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Committee to Defend U.S by aiding Allies

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-wanted increased American Aid to the Allies but opposed armed intervention

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-urged the repeal of neutrality laws
-stronger action against Germany

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As Hitler and Mussolini became more aggressive Congress passed the Neutrality Act of 1935. This act made it so America couldn't sell arms to any country at war. There was a second act that banned the sale of arms to any country in a civil war.

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President Roosevelt favored changes in American neutrality laws although Americans remained divided about the war and American involvement.

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FDR changed the ban of no-arms-sale during neutrality because Britain was struggling after a major loss of arms and other weapons. America decided to help by allowing arms sale while still being neutral. They could sell arms to other countries, because they sold them - not gave them - but Britain mainly gained in this ban. Isolationists thought that it made America no longer neutral, so they made it a 'cash-and-carry' basis only. Still, Britain was helped even more by a loop-hole which allowed Britain to trade islands for weapons; this helped America by allowing them to gain more land for bases. All of these changes were due to the great loss of British arms because of Germany.