From Isolationism to Internationalism War & Neutrality – Europe War & Neutrality – Asia Munich The “Good Neighbor” Updated The Nazi-Soviet Pact War in Europe Toward Pearl
I. Isolationism
“Progressive Republicans” Burton K. Wheeler (MT) William E. Borah (ID) Gerald P. Nye (ND) Robert M. LaFollette (WI) Hiram W. Johnson (CA)
Sen. Gerald Nye (R-ND)
II. War & Neutrality — Europe
Abyssinian War, 1935-36
Benito Mussolini
FDR
Neutrality Act - 1935 Ban on American travel to war zone Ban on munitions trade with belligerents “Moral embargo” on various items
Neutrality Act - 1936 Ban on American travel to war zone Ban on munitions trade with belligerents “Moral embargo” on various items Ban on public loans to belligerents
Guernica, April 1937
“Guernica” (1937)
Neutrality Act - 1937 Ban on American travel to war zone Ban on munitions trade with belligerents Ban on public loans to belligerents “Moral embargo” on various items Ban on private loans to belligerents “Cash and Carry” trade with belligerents
FDR
III. War & Neutrality — Asia
Nanking, 1937
U.S.S. Panay
Rep. Louis Ludlow (D-IN)
IV. Munich
German Re-armament
Cologne, 1936
Vienna, 1938
Munich, September 29-30, 1938
Neville Chamberlain
Prague, March 1939
V. The “Good Neighbor” Policy Updated
VI. The Nazi-Soviet Pact
Nazi-Soviet Pact, Aug. 23, 1939
VII. War in Europe
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles A. Beard
“Lend-Lease”
VIII. Toward Pearl