2. FDR and the Lend-Lease Act
Read the short article and answer the questions on your handout:
How did the Lend-lease act allow America to contribute to the war effort without entering into war?
What did America benefit from this agreement?
Why was it necessary for America to “buy” additional time?
First watch the video below and answer the questions on the handout
Then:
Extra Questions-answer on loose leaf
According to the video:
Why did Americans not want to be involved in the war?
What was one of FDR’s first steps in preparing America for the impeding war?
What evidence was provided that America desperately need the time provided by the Lend-Lease Act?
How did the American people’s attitude toward war change?

3. “A day that will live in infamy…..”
Date:
December 7th, 1941
Impacts:
21 U.S. ships are sunk or destroyed
 188 aircrafts destroyed
 2,403 people killed
Declaration of war:
 4 days after the attacks on Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S.
 First time and only time Hitler declares war
How did this change the American peoples’ opinion about the war?
Spreads panic through the American people
Patriotism and outrage emerges
134,000 young men enlist to fight the enemy