1. Topic: Judging American Neutrality at the onset of the Second World War
Do Now:
“The epidemic of world lawlessness is spreading. When an epidemic of physical disease starts to spread, the community approves and joins in a Quarantine of the patients in order to protect the health of the community and stop the spread of the disease… There must be positive endeavors to preserve peace.” –FDR, 1937
How would you classify FDR’s approach to foreign policy, based on this excerpt?

2. The Rise of Fascism Totalitarian rulers What is Fascism?
Fascism vs. Communism
What is Fascism?
Mussolini and Italy
Invasion of Ethiopia
Nazi Germany
Reasons for Hitler’s rise
Appeal of Nazism
Imperial Japan
Glory, resources, etc.
Tripartite Treaty; the 3 are joined as the Axis Powers
Why can no one stop them?

3. FDR and Foreign Policy Good Neighbor Policy
Reciprocal Trade Agreements
Isolationism and the Nye Committee
FDR recognizes USSR, but other nations distrustful
FDR’s Quarantine Speech
Reaction of isolationists
Neutrality Acts
No distinction between aggressors and victims

4. Foreign Policy Blunders
The Spanish Civil War ( )
Japan invades Manchuria, then China
German Aggression
1938: Austrian Anschluss
1938: Munich Conference and Appeasement
1939: Nazi-Soviet Pact
1939: Hitler invades Poland, WWII officially on
Blitzkrieg

5. America: Arsenal of Democracy
June 1940: Hitler conquers France; only Britain remains
FDR wins re-election in 1940 (3rd Term)
American war factories “cranked up”
FDR: help Britain, short of war
“Cash and Carry”
Destroyers for Bases Deal (1940)
Lend-Lease Act (1941)
June 1941: Germany attacks USSR
US gives Lend-Lease to Soviet Union also
End of American Neutrality?

6. Conclusion
Create a One Word Summary of American Foreign Policy throughout the early phases of The Second World War. Then, explain why you chose that word in two sentences…