America: WWII by Katy Edwards https://padlet.com/kathryne634/o6wba1dxn3lf By: Katy Edwards and Pria Zaveri en-us 2017-11-30 16:38:17 UTC 2025-10-06 21:14:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Neutrality Act of 1935 kathryne634 https://padlet.com/kathryne634/o6wba1dxn3lf/wish/211943752 Made it illegal for Americans to sell arms to countries in war]]> 2017-11-30 16:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryne634/o6wba1dxn3lf/wish/211943752 Destroyers for Bases Deal kathryne634 https://padlet.com/kathryne634/o6wba1dxn3lf/wish/211945193
  • Churchill asked for FDR to send destroyers
  • Roosevelt gave destroyers in exchange for bases in British controlled areas
  • Did not involve a sale, so the Neutrality Act of 1935 did not apply

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  • Two different perspectives on American involvement in the war
  • FDR proclaimed U.S neutral, but favored changes in American neutrality
  • Citizens were divided
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  • Urged for repeal of all neutrality laws
  • Stronger actions against Germany
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  • Opposed to American involvement in the war
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  • Roosevelt wanted to help the British to increase their war status 
  • Act allowed arms to be "leased" by Britain as long as after the war the supplies were paid for or returned.
  • He stated this act was justified because the United States was "a great arsenal of democracy" if Britain fell. 
  • He also said that Britain was a country ¨vital to the defense of the U.S¨
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  • Within sending supplies towards helping Britain, The United States had German patrolling the waters
  • Roosevelt could not legally allow U.S Navy ships in the waters to protect contraband 
  • Instead Roosevelt devised the Hemispheric Defense Zone so the U.S Navy to patrol the western waters because it was part of their territory
    • Then they could warn the British of German ships. 
    • ]]>     2017-11-30 16:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryne634/o6wba1dxn3lf/wish/211952341     The Atlantic Charter 1941 priaz952 https://padlet.com/kathryne634/o6wba1dxn3lf/wish/211954997 While war had begun and Europeans were surrounded in the mass of chaos, Roosevelt met with Churchill. They mt aboard war ships that allowed for an agreement of both nations. This called for a postwar world between Britain and the United States for democracy, free trade, economic advancement, and freedom of the seas. ]]> 2017-11-30 17:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryne634/o6wba1dxn3lf/wish/211954997 kathryne634 https://padlet.com/kathryne634/o6wba1dxn3lf/wish/211958314 hi]]> 2017-11-30 17:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryne634/o6wba1dxn3lf/wish/211958314