Neutrality in General- Neutrality acts were passed in response to issues in Europe and Asia that eventually led up to WWII.
Neutrality act of 1935- We banned trade with countries at war because we didn't wanna get pulled into it.
Neutrality act of 1936- Belligerents(aggressive country) Did the same thing as the '35 act and we also wouldn't give loans, but it didn't include civil wars. Would be able to trade oil with them though.
Neutrality act of 1937- Cash and carry system- pay cash carry it on to your own ship and we would sell it to you. Applied to Japan.
Neutrality act of 1939-
Lend-Lease Act- The reason we won WWII. We supplied Allies with supplies and it made us unneutral. Passed in March 1941.
Bases for Destroyers- Agreement between US and UK. GB gave US land rights and US gave GB destroyers.
Atlantic Charter- Allies after the war. They had a bunch of goals they wanted to see. No territorial gain. No territorial changes without the peoples support from those countries. Self-determination. Free trade. Destruction of the Nazis and then setting up a peaceful government in Germany. Freedom of the seas. Abandon the use of force disarmament and a stronger League of Nations.
Selective Training & Service Act 1940-
- Also known as the Burke-Wadsworth act
- Signed by Franklin Roosevelt
- Provided the first peacetime draft in America
- Required men in their 20s and 30s to register with local draft boards
- When WWII happened all men aged 18-45 were made liable for military service
- If drafted they were over there for 12 months
- The act provided that no more than 900,000 would be in training at a time
- Draft began October 1940
- In the early summer of 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt asked congress to extend the draftees time longer than 12 months
- On August 12 the House of Representatives approved the extended time
- Many soldiers were mad about it and threatened to leave after their twelve months were up
- Many started to protest by writing “O H I O” on the bunk walls, which is an acronym for over the hill in October
Pearl Harbor-
- People were being bitter about being in the war and left after their time was done, but after the attack on Pearl harbor thousands of men and women volunteered to be in the military
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