1933-1941 FDR and the Road to WWII
Isolationism 1920’s trend of Isolationism deepens with Great Depression
London Conference 1933 Solution: Control Currencies FDR drops out Depression worsens/ Nationalism rises
Tydings-McDuffie Act 1934 Philippines independent by 1946 Why? Fear of Japan Democrats feared immigrant labor
Good Neighbor Policy US will work with Latin America Platt Amendment ended
Reciprocal Trade Agreement 1934 Sec. of State Hull We will lower tariffs if other country does
Congress Legislates Neutrality 1934 Johnson Debt Default Act 1935-1937 Neutrality Acts Nye Commission US can’t trade with ANY belligerent nation
Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Fascists (Franco)vs. Socialists Germany/Italy vs. USSR Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Appeasement 1937 Japan invades China 1937 Panay Incident
1936 Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland
1938 Anschluss 1938 Munich Accord- Sudentenland 1939 Czechoslovakia falls to Germany
Poland 1939- USSR and Germany sign a non-aggression pact Sept. 1 Hitler invades Poland France and UK declare war USSR invades Poland
Blitzkrieg
Cash and Carry Neutrality Act of 1939 Allies can buy and transport goods SOLVES THE RECESSION OF 1936-1938
Sitskrieg Inaction from Sept. 1939-April 1940 Maginot Line
1939- USSR takes Finland 1940- Germany takes Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
Havana Conference 1940- Havana Conference North and South America will work together to uphold Monroe Doctrine
Conscription Congress approves the building up of the military 1st Peacetime Conscription
England Stands Alone Battle of Britain (9-11, 1940)
America First Committee Charles Lindbergh
Destroyer Deal 1940 US trades 50 WWI destroyers for 8 bases
1940 Election Wendell Wilkie (R-In) FDR (D-NY)/ Henry Wallace Run New Deal Better Prepare for war FDR (D-NY)/ Henry Wallace
Lend-Lease 1941 $760 Billion to Allies
Operation Barbarossa
Atlantic Charter Aug. 1941 US and UK No territorial gains Self Determination Freedom of the Seas Low tariffs Freedom from want and fear
Germany vs. US 9/ 1941- USS Greer 10/1941- USS Kearny 10/1941- USS Reuben James sunk
US vs. Japan FDR announces oil embargo against Japan
Road to Pearl Harbor