1. B efore Pearl Harbor: L end Lease, Panay Incident, Oil/Iron Embargo, Cash and Carry, Atlantic Convoys, US Marines in Iceland N icholas Oliveira

2. Lend Lease & Panay Incident -American bill signed by Roosevelt to deliver military supplies to other allied powers across the world -A Japanese sub sinks an American gunboat in China; the Japanese say its was a mistake, apologize and pay for damages

3. Oil/Iron Embargos -US embargoes Japanese import of oil and iron in response to their aggression in Asia -Angers Japan which partially relied on American oil and iron -Impedes Japanese ability to fight but draws them closer to war with US

4. Cash and Carry & Atlantic Conveys -New American policy requested by Roosevelt which replace the neutrality act by allowing provision of arms to allied powers -A system of traveling across the Atlantic for unarmed merchant ships carrying military equipment in order to evade German U-boats

5. Invasion of Iceland -Allies invade and occupy Iceland which was officially neutral in order to prevent the possibility of an Axis invasion of North America through the north sea -Despite limited protests the island was taken quickly, without loss of life and in a matter of days

6. 3 Questions How did the American oil/iron embargo impact the possibility of war in the Pacific? What made a convoy system for crossing the Atlantic necessary? What military possibility was the allied invasion of Iceland intended to prevent?

7. Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Panay_incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_and_carry_(World_War_II) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy#World_War_II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iceland