America Moves Toward War

1. What did the 1939 Neutrality Act allow?

The 1939 Neutrality Act allowed the "cash-and-carry," which is that the U.S. would sell (mostly the allies) weapons and etc. but they would have to pay in cash and they would have to find their own way to get and bring the supplies back to their nation themselves.

2. Who were the Axis powers?

The Axis powers were Italy, Germany, and Japan.

3. What did the Lend-Lease Act do?

The Lend-Lease Act was proposed by FDR and he said that the U.S. would send supplies and such to any country whose defense was vital to the United States, and this was made because Britain had run out of money to buy supplies from the U.S.

4. What pledges were contained in the Atlantic Charter?

The pledges that were contained in the Atlantic Charter were that both would have collective security, disarmament, self-determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of the seas.

5. Who were the Allies?

The Allies were Britain, France, the United States, and many other nations with a total of 26.

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

The attack at Pearly Harbor tremendously depleted the U.S. Pacific fleet. Over two thousand men were killed plus over a thousand injnured. A total of twenty-one ships were sunk or damaged including eight battleships and about three hundred aircrafts were either destroyed or damaged. All of this made the United States almost unable to fight the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean, if they did there would be many lost battles before many won battles (as Roosevelt said).

7. Why did Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.?

Italy and Germany declared war on the U.S. because the United States declared war on Japan, and since these three nations signed the Tritarpite Pact they had to come in and help the other if they were being attacked (like if one nation attacked one of these three nations the other two would have to go and fight against this nation as well).