 Please take out your assignment that was due for today and your learning target sheet.  Agenda 1.) Good Things 2.) This day in history/brain teaser 3.) Begin Lesson 7.3 – America’s Response to WWII Homework: Study for Lesson 7.2 and 7.3 quiz on Weds. 20 th for odds and Thurs. 21 st for evens.

 On this day in 1906 at 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale strikes San Francisco, California, killing hundreds of people as it topples numerous buildings.

 I have two coins that add up to fifteen cents, one of them is not a nickel. What are the coins?  Answer: A dime and a nickel

Lesson Objective: Students will evaluate America’s response to WWII when the war started.

 Neutrality Acts – 1930’s laws designed to keep the United States out of future war.  Cash and Carry – World War II policy requiring nations at war to pay cash for all nonmilitary goods and to be responsible for transporting the goods from the United States.  Lend Lease Act – 1941 law that authorized the President to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to national security.  Atlantic Charter – Agreement signed by President Franklin and Prime Minister Churchill in 1941 outlining the two nations’ aims for WWII.

 From 1935 – 1939 four neutrality acts were established by the U.S.  Main Goal: Attempt to make sure that the U.S. does not get sucked into another war.

 What did they say? ◦ 1.) In times of war, the U.S. will not sell military items to either side. ◦ 2.) The U.S. could sell non-military items to either side during war, but the U.S. would not deliver the goods and the good must be paid for in cash(Cash and Carry).

 War begins in 1939  F.D.R. immediately announces neutrality. ◦ He believed that our national security was not at risk. ◦ However, most Americans believe that Germany was in the wrong. ◦ Therefore, F.D.R. asks congress to modify the Neutrality Acts  U.S. could sell non - military items only to the allies(Still Cash and Carry)

 1940 – Things begin to change. ◦ By the summer of 1940, most of Europe had fallen to Germany except for Great Britain. ◦ The fall of France made Americans believe that Adolf Hitler was a threat to American National Security.

 Lend-Lease Act ◦ Goal: The United States will lend or lease any military items to the allies. ◦ This ended the United States long term policy of Neutrality. ◦ 50.1 billion dollars worth of supplies were shipped.  This is equivalent to 656 billion dollars today.

 Atlantic Charter ◦ Signed in August 1941 between the U.S. and G.B. ◦ Main Goal: Defeat Nazi Germany and promote freedom/democracy around the world. ◦ However, The U.S. still does not declare war on Japan and Germany until after Pearl Harbor.