America Movies Toward War

read Chapter 24-4 in your history textbook and answer the following questions. Post them to your blog by Wednesday at 3:10 p.m. Title: America Moves Toward War Labels: FDR, Pearl_Harbor, WWII, Japan, Great_Britain, Axis_Powers,

1. What did the 1939 Neutrality Act allow?
The 1939 Neutrality Act allowed the US to trade with other countries under the cash and carry policy, or the policy in which other countries would pay cash for US goods and pick them up.

2. Who were the Axis powers?
The Axis powers were Germany, Italy and Japan.

3. What did the Lend-Lease Act do?

the Lend-Lease Act provided aid to allies of the US (Great Britain) by "lending" them supplies that technically was supposed to be returned after the war.

4. What pledges were contained in the Atlantic Charter?

The pledges contained in the Atlantic Charter were promises between Britain and the US for collective security, disarmament, self-determination, economic cooperation and freedom of the seas.

5. Who were the Allies?

The Allies were the nations that fought the Axis powers, a total of 26 nations, among them Great Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union.

6. What did the attack at Pearl Harbor do to the U.s. Pacific fleet?

The raid had sunk or damaged 21 ships, including 8 battleships, almost all of the US pacific fleet.
7. Why did Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.?

Germany and Italy declared war on the US because the US declared war on Japan.