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10 APUSH Notes

The Road Toward War

° Many countries were experincing financial debt comrilened+

the Great Depression
• The U.S. did not join the League of Nationa, which reduced the
organizations
abilities to keep peace and stability.
• The U.3. did not stay 'international aftairs completely:
- The Kellegg Briand Pact: Arms control agreement tr
as an instrument of national policy
-Expanded foreign investment in Central & Latin America, Asia, the
-Middle East, licestern Europe.
• American leaders procticed isolationism mostly to stay out of
military obligation:
- Congress passed the Neutrality Acts to make it more dilficult
for the U,. to become entangled in Eurapean
The Challenge to Isolationism
• Germany invaded Poland in 1989 prompting Britain & France declare war
on Germany & Italy:
- Roosevelt responded by reaffirming U,S. neutiality
• Roosevelt assisted Britain during the Battle of Britain, but in a way that
people perceived as a way to prevent American military
intervention
•Lend Lease Act: Allowed the U.S. to lend or lease equipment, but no one
expected the recipients to return
-He used weapons pritems
• In 1941, Germany & the U.s, were engaged in an undeclared
noval war.
The United States Enters the War
• Japan signed the Tripartite Put with Germany & Italy
• On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the U.5. Pacific Fleet at Pearl
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Managing the Home -Frant Economu
- Roosevelt increased federal spending to unprecedented
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mobolize for war.
- War anders fueled economic grouth, productivity, & emplayment
• War Powers Act:
allowed the president to recognize federal agencies
Roosevelt assisted Britain during the Battle of Britain, but in a way that
people perceived as a way to prevent American military
intervention