Transcript Ain #67: Should the U.S. have entered World War II before the

Ain #67: Should the U.S. have entered World War II before the
bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Do now! Using the WWII timeline, answer the “do now” questions
(I) Isolationism
a. Powerful Force in 1930s and early ‘40s
b. Nye Committee report – 1934 – U.S. entered WWI for economic reasons
and entry in the war was a mistake
c. Neutrality Acts
1. 1935 -Authorized the president to ban arms shipments and to prohibit U.S.
citizens from travelling on ships of belligerents
2. 1936 – banned the extension of loans or credit to belligerents
3. 1937 – forbade shipment of arms to opposing sides in Spanish Civil War
d. America First Committee – 1940 – Charles Lindbergh: strong opposition
to US entry into war (dissolved after attack on Pearl Harbor)
(II) Prelude to U.S. Entry into World War II
a. U.S. cuts off sales of scrap iron, steel, and oil to Japan
b. U.S. sides with Britain by becoming the “arsenal of democracy” and prepares
for war
1. (1939) Cash and Carry: policy to preserve neutrality while aiding the Allies;
Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and
transported them.
2. (1940) Destroyers for Bases – US would give England U.S. destroyers in
exchange for military bases in the Western Hemisphere
3. First peacetime draft
4. (1941) Lend-Lease – US would send supplies to countries that were the victims
of aggression (like lending a house to your neighbor whose house is on fire)
5. Atlantic Charter( 1941) an agreement between the United States of America
and Great Britain that established the vision of Franklin Roosevelt and Winston
Churchill for a post-World War II world
Now…
1. Please answer the isolationist vs. internationalist chart from the UC
Berkeley project
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES