Transcript Lend-Lease Act (1941)

Warm up
• 1. Which evidence showed that
the prosperity of the 1920’s was
an illusion?
A.
Prices on consumer goods
decreased
B.
Overseas investments
declined
C.
Income gap between workers
and managers decreased
D.
Many people increased their
debt
2. Which term best
describes the
diplomacy followed by
some European
nations in their
relations with
Germany, Italy, and
Japan between 19311939?
A. Appeasement
B. Non-aggression
C. Isolationism
D. Containment
America
Moves Toward
War
1939 Neutrality Act
• Revised when Germany invaded
Poland
• Roosevelt convinces Congress to
pass “cash and carry” provision
(pay in cash, provide own
transportation)
• Attempt to aid Great Britain and
France
“A decidedly unneutral act” –Churchill
1
• Axis Powers
– Germany,
– Italy
– Japan
• Goal: keep the
U.S. out of war
• US would face a two-ocean war
(Atlantic and Pacific)
• President Roosevelt
– Increases spending for U.S. Defense
– Military draft: 16 million registered–
– One million drafted
Your Number Was Called!
FDR breaks two term tradition
elected 3rd & 4th terms
“Great arsenal
of democracy.”
-Roosevelt
Lend-Lease Act (1941)
U.S. would lend or lease arms and
supplies to countries vital to the U.S.
U.S. spent almost $50 billion under the act
“Lend-Lease” Act (1941)
Great Britain.........................$31 billion
Soviet Union...........................$11 billion
France......................................$ 3 billion
China.......................................$1.5 billion
Other European.................$500 million
South America...................$400 million
The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000
German Wolf Packs
Hitler deploys German U-boats to
the North Atlantic
U-boats sink hundreds of British
ships
June 1941, FDR orders U.S.Navy
to protect U.S. shipments
Planning for
the War
FDR-Winston Churchill
meet off the coast of
Newfoundland 
create the Atlantic
Charter.
The charter becomes
the basis of a
“Declaration of the
United Nations”
Allies: 26 nations
including the Soviet
Union and China
(4/5 of the human
race)
The United States is Attacked
November 1941 Japanese Prime Minister
Hideki Tojo orders his navy to prepare to
attack the U.S.
December 7th, 1941: Japanese attack U.S.
naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
 The attack cripples U.S. Pacific Fleet:
1. 21 ships sunk or badly damaged
2. 350 planes destroyed
3. 2,403 people dead
4. 1,178 people wounded
 FDR calls this day “a date which will
live in infamy”
Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit
of a Japanese Plane
Pearl Harbor – Dec. 7, 1941
A date which will live in infamy!
December 8th, 1941
- The U.S. Congress
declares war on
Japan
- December 11th, 1941:
Germany and Italy
declare war on the
United States
Group Research
Your group will be assigned one of the following battles
from World War 2…
- Battle of the Atlantic
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Operation Torch
- D-day
- Battle of the Bulge
- Battle of Midway
- Iwo Jima
- Battle for Okinawa
First- conduct research on your assigned battle,
filling out your sheet with COMPLETE details
News Broadcast
Your group is to now create a news broadcast. This should
cover all the information about your specific battle which
you just researched.
Within your group2 News Reporters
1 Allied Soldier
1 Axis Soldier
The soldiers should demonstrate how the
consequences/outcomes of the battle had different effects
on each side. They should also describe what it was like
during the battle for their side.
How you will be graded:
Chart completion
Information presented
Creativity
Behavior during other groups
/10
/15
/5
/5
You are required to
turn in a written
script. Each person
should have a
minimum of 5 lines.
Homework:
Read pages 768-774