https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95 Events leading up to Pearl Harbor By:Tobin Lindstrom and Vince Idnani en-us 2017-11-30 15:37:20 UTC 2020-04-13 18:55:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Tobinlindstrom https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211905538 After Britain and France declared war on Germany, FDR declared that the U.S. would remain officially neutral. However, FDR was determined to provide his European allies aid.]]> 2017-11-30 15:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211905538 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211906570 Under the Neutrality Act of 1939, warring nations could buy weapons from the US  only on a "cash-and-carry" basis.]]> 2017-11-30 15:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211906570 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211908693 Churchill asked FDR to transfer old American destroyers to Britain. FDR used a loophole in the Neutrality Act where he sent 50 old destroyers in exchange for building American bases on British-controlled territories.]]> 2017-11-30 15:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211908693 Tobinlindstrom https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211909631 Many groups debated the issue of American neutrality but most still agreed that Britain needed help. Groups like the America First Committee believed that the U.S. should stay out of foreign affairs and remain isolated.]]> 2017-11-30 15:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211909631 Tobinlindstrom https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211911106 Britain was lacking funds to fight the war against Germany and needed help. Roosevelt proposed the Lend Lease Act which stated the U.S. would lend them arms if they promised to pay rent or give them back.]]> 2017-11-30 15:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211911106 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211911575 FDR decided to run for an unprecedented third term during the 1940 presidential election and won by a wide margin. Many citizens felt that a large political change would only hurt the U.S. in times of crisis.]]> 2017-11-30 15:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211911575 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211913771 2017-11-30 15:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211913771 Tobinlindstrom https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211914312 In violation of the peace agreement between the Soviets and Germans, Germany invaded Russia and the Lend Lease Act was extended ]]> 2017-11-30 15:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211914312 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211914716 2017-11-30 15:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211914716 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211915669 2017-11-30 15:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211915669 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211916193 2017-11-30 15:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211916193 Tobinlindstrom https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211916658 To stop the sinking of American shipments to the Brits, Roosevelt erected a hemispheric defense zone in which the U.S. Navy patrolled the western Atlantic and give away German positions to the British.]]> 2017-11-30 15:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211916658 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211917800 2017-11-30 15:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211917800 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211918054 2017-11-30 15:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211918054 Tobinlindstrom https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211918168 Roosevelt and Churchill met and agreed on a postwar world of democracy, economic advancement, and freedom of the seas. Roosevelt pledged to "cause an incident" as an excuse to fire on German U-boats.]]> 2017-11-30 15:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211918168 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211918268 2017-11-30 15:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211918268 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211918818 2017-11-30 16:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211918818 vincenti556 https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211919651 2017-11-30 16:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tobinlindstrom/nv96d4455o95/wish/211919651