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Because German submarines patrolled the Atlantic, Roosevelt needed a way to keep America neutral while still helping Britain. He created the Hemispheric Defense Zone, which said half of the Atlantic Ocean was the US's, and the Navy could therefore survey it.

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This was an agreement committed by both nations to a postwar world of democracy, nonaggression, free trade, economic democracy, and freedom of the seas.

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This act allowed the United States to lend or lease arms to any allied country that was in need of help. This was the loophole that allowed the destroyers to be given to Britain.

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A speech from the America First Committee encourages Americans to keep their neutrality and not get involved in the war.

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This act allowed warring nations to buy weapons from the United States only on a "cash-and-carry" basis.

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A poster from the Fight for Freedom Committee inspires Americans to get involved with the war in fighting against Germany.

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Winston Churchill asked FDR to transfer old American destroyers to Britain which made it hard to remain neutral, but FDR found a loophole to help Britain.

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America tried to remain neutral for as long as possible but that didn't work.