Allies - Great Britain, France, China, United States, Soviet Union.
Treaty of Versailles - United States did not sign the treaty. Wilson (democrat - wanted to join the League of Nations) vs. Congress (republican - did not want to join the League of Nations). Warren Harding won the 1920 election and promised to return to normalcy.
Washington Naval Conference - US, Great Britain, France, Japan would respect others possessions in the Pacific Ocean.
Five Power Pact - United States, Great Britain, France, Japan, and Italy - Designed to prevent an arm's race. It limited the construction of battleships, battle cruisers, and aircraft carriers.
Nine Power Pact - United States, Japan, China, France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal. Guaranteed Chinese independence.
Kellogg-Briand Act - The United States signed the pact denouncing war as a means to settle disputes.
Neutrality - The Neutrality acts were passed in the United States in the 1930s in response to the issues in Europe and Asia that led to WWII. Isolationist views.
America First Committee - They wanted to stay out of the war. They had anti-semetic views.
NA of 1935 - Stop trading with countries at war. We warned Americans not to travel on a ship for a country at war. They were on their own. Six months
NA of 1936 - Stop loaning money to countries at war. Renewed the NA of 1935 for another 14 months. The act did not cover materials such as trucks and oil.
NA of 1937 - Cash an Carry system (We allow countries to buy things with cash from us and they use their own ships) - weapons not included. Two years. Renewed the previous acts. United States citizens were forbidden to travel on any belligerent ship. Included civil wars. FDR thought this would help France and Great Britain. FDR chose not to invoke these upon Japan or China.
NA of 1939 - Cash and Carry system - weapons included. Allowed for weapons trade with warring nations on a cash and carry basis. United States citizens were banned from entering war zones.
Bases for Destroyers - Fifty United States destroyers were given to Great Britain in exchange for land rights (for 99 years) on British colonies for naval or air base purposes. Newfoundland, Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad, Bermuda, etc.
Lend Lease Act - 1941. Ended the Neutrality Acts. This allowed the United States to sell, lend or give war materials to nations the US wanted to support. United States gave $50 billion ($650 billion today) worth of supplies to Allied Nations.
Selective Training and Service Act - 1940. Required that men between the ages of 21 and 35 to register for the draft. Extended to all men aged 18 to 45 once the United States entered war. First peacetime draft in US history. Local draft boards were set up from coast to coast. Each male registered was given a number between 1-7836. In Washington, papers with the numbers 1 through 7,836 printed on them were put into capsules, one number to a capsule. 158 was the first number chosen and 6175 men had that number.
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