Today i presented on the 37 act and listened about others peoples presentations
Pearl Harbor-
2403 killed in all, The US had 1,178 personnel wounded.
55 Japanese died, in addition to an unknown number of Japanese wounded.
1939 Neutrality Act- November 4, 1939, the act was revised in favor of supplying nations on the "cash-and-carry"(allowed countries to purchase weapons and war materials from the US provided they were paid for in cash and were transported in the purchasers own ships.) but U.S. vessels were excluded from combat zones, and U.S. citizens were forbidden from sailing on belligerent vessels.
The neutrality acts were passed to keep us out of the war. They were caused by the desire to be isolationist in the US following WW1. US had a very strong history in isolationism.
1935 N.A. it banned US trade with countrys at war. It was designed to only last six months. It was signed in August of 35. This act declared that any citizen traveling on ships; should go at there own risk.
36 act- bans trade and loans from Belligerent countries- super aggressive country, countrys trying to take over other countries.
37 neutality act-
39- this act was passed
Lend-Lease Act- This act supplied United kingdom, republic of china, Free france, USSR, and other allied nations with money and supplies. This helped us win WW2.
German U Boats- after repeated attacks by German U Boats on US ships in the fall of 1941, FDR announced that he had offered the US Navy to attack German and Italian
Bases for Destroyers- September 2, 1940, Between the US and United Kingdom- WW2 agreement
Great Britain needed battle ships so we traded the ships for Naval Ships.
Atlantic Charter- Goals of War. FDR and Churchill thought up of there goals together but we weren’t even in the war at this point. No territorial gain, no territorial changed without the peoples support from those countries, self determination(letting countrys choose their ….), free trade, destruction of the Nazi’s and setting up a peaceful government in Germnay, Freedom of the seas(let people not get sunk in when they are trading), Abandon the use of force, disarmament and a stronger Leauge of Nations.
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