America moves toward war

Labels: FDR, Pearl_Harbor, WWII, Japan, Great_Britain, Axis_Powers,

1. What did the 1939 Neutrality Act allow?
Allowed warring nations to by U.S. arms as long as they paid cash and transported them themselves.
2. Who were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy and Japan.
3. What did the Lend-Lease Act do?
The government woulf lend or lease arms to countries that put U.S. in danger.
4. What pledges were contained in the Atlantic Charter?
collective security, disarnment, self determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of the seas
5. Who were the Allies?
Nations who fought the Axis powers.
6. What did the attack at Pearl Harbor do to the U.s. Pacific fleet?
They had raided sunk or damaged nearly the whole fleet.
7. Why did Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.?
Because the U.S. joined the allies