US neutrality Acts.
1935-
- made it so we couldn't trade with other countries that were at war.
- designed to only last 6 months.
- people were not supposed to travel on British ships because they were going to get bombed by Germans and vice versa. they were to travel at their own risk.
1936-
- meant to renew the conditions of the neutrality of 1935.
- outlawed loans to belligerents.
1937-
- it forbid US citizens to travel on belligerent ships.
- US were still were not supposed to ride on belligerent ships.
- paid cash and carry.
1939-
- cash and carry was renewed.
- US not to enter war systems.
Lend-Lease Act-
- 9 months before the pearl harbor attack.
- got rid of the cash and carry system.
- we were suppliers of war.
- allied won the war because we were the suppliers.
- went to all of our allied forces.
- after repeated attacks by German U-boats on us ships in the fall of 1941, FDR announced that he had ordered the US navy to attack German and Italian war ships in the "water which we deem necessary for our defense."
Bases for destroyer-
- US would send over 50 battle ships to Britain exchanged for land.
- US would use those places for a naval base/air force bases.
Atlantic Charter-
- The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement first issued in August 1941 that early in WWII defined the Allied goals for the post-war world.
- It was drafted by Britain and the US, and later agreed to by all the Allies.
- The Charter stated the ideal goals of the war: no territorial aggrandizement, no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people, restoration of self-government to those deprived of it, free access to raw materials, reduction of trade restrictions, global cooperation to secure better economic and social conditions for all, freedom from fear and want; freedom of the seas.
Selective Training and Service Act-
- selected men through a lottery system.
- 12 month service.
- set up the draft.
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