America Moves Toward War

Read Chapter 24-4 in your history textbook and answer the following questions. (pg 756)

1. What did the 1939 Neutrality Act allow?

It allowed warring nations to buy U.S. arms as long as they paid cash and transported them in their own ships, which was the "cash and carry".

2. Who were the Axis powers?

The Axis powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan.

3. What did the Lend-Lease Act do?

The president would lend or lease arms and any other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the United States."

4. What pledges were contained in the Atlantic Charter?

Collective security,disarmament,self-determination,economic cooperation,and freedom of the seas.

5. Who were the Allies?

The allies were the nations who had fought the Axis powers.

6. What did the attack at Pearl Harbor do to the U.s. Pacific fleet?

It sunk or damaged nearly the whole U.S. Pacific fleet.

7. Why did Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.?

The U.S. declared war on Japan.