2. America Enters WWII

4. FDR Supports England Neutrality Act of 1939 – Public opinion strongly supported him – Warring nations could buy weapons Cash and carry – Destroyers for Bases Deal Old ships for the right to build bases Loophole

5. Isolationist Debate Shift in opinion – 1940 Fight for Freedom Committee – Immediate declaration of war on Germany Committee to Defend America – Aid but no armed intervention America First Committee – Opposed any aid or intervention 1940 – FDR elected president for a 3 rd term – Campaigned between neutrality and intervention

6. Group Assignment 1.You will create a position statement for your group. (A thesis or a goal. It describes one side of an arguable topic) – (1&2) Fight For Freedom – (3&4) Committee to Defend America – (5&6) America First Committee 2.Gather a list of reasons to support your view 3.Write a few sentences that pulls all of the information together and makes your stance clear to the audience. 4.Read to the class (You have 15 minutes)

7. Edging Toward War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iHKtrirjlY Lend-Lease Act (1940) – A way to remove the cash requirement – “vital to the defense of the U.S.” – “the arsenal of democracy” – Soviet Union Hitler disregarded the Nazi-Soviet Pact Hemispheric Defense Zone – U.S. Navy would patrol the western Atlantic and reveal the location of German subs Atlantic Charter (August 1940) – Committed the two leaders to postwar democracy, non aggression, free trade, and freedom of the seas – FDR looking for a reason Reuben James

9. America Embargoes Japan FDR wanted to weaken Japan – Restricted strategic materials to Japan 80% of Japan’s oil came from the U.S. 1940 Congress passed the Export Control Act – Japan allied itself with Germany & Italy Lend-Lease aid to China – FDR froze Japanese assets – Force Japan out of China – Japanese negotiate, but prepare for war

10. Japan Attacks U.S. failure to collect sufficient data http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_3RiBp9oLM&feature=related

14. Questions P.606- You must imply the question – (2-5) #3 requires a 3 sentence minimum Tell why you think Pearl Harbor and or 9/11 lives on in infamy. (3 sentences minimum) Due at the end of the hour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnlLRmy3BI0