1. What conclusion did the Nye committee reach?
Was President Roosevelt neutral? Support your answer.
Explain the actions of Roosevelt towards Japan prior to WWII.
What did the “cash and carry” part of the 1939 Neutrality Act allow to happen?
Explain 2 core beliefs of the America First committee.

2. America Enters WWII
DUN DUN DUN…

3. FDR helping out the British
Destroyers for Bases
Americans gain right to build bases on British owned territory
Britain receives old destroyers from America
■ Lend-Lease Act
■ U.S. lends arms to Allies as long as they promise to return them or pay rent for them

4. Japanese Attack: Surprise?
Japanese Justifications for Pearl Harbor
Embargo of strategic materials: airplane fuel and scrap iron
U.S. provided aid to China
Due to embargo…Japan signed alliance with Germany and Italy (Axis powers)
Still upset over the Open Door Policy

5. Open Door Policy America wanted equal access to China’s markets
Railroads
Ports
Selling manufactured goods
Sent notes to Japanese and European powers to ask them to leave China opened

6. Timeline of events…
FDR transferred Pacific fleet from California to Pearl Harbor (May 1940)
Japan joins Axis Powers (Sept. 1940)
Japan occupies Indochina (1941)
FDR freezes Japanese assets in U.S. (July 1941)
U.S. broke Japanese code
U.S. were expecting attack in southern Pacific or Malaya in November 1941

7. The Attack… Within 2 hours
200 American planes destroyed
More than 2,400 Americans killed
Almost 1,200 Americans wounded
Sunk/Damaged 18 ships (8 battleships)
Japan then struck U.S. bases on the Philippines, Guam and Wake Island

8. Declaration of War…
December 8, 1941: FDR declares Dec. 7, 1941 will be a date that “will live in infamy”
FDR asked Congress to declare war on Japan
Congress asked to declare war on Hitler and Mussolini on December 11th.