America Moves Toward War
Chapter 16.4
Cash & Carry
The US Musters its Forces
“Cash and carry”- warring nations could buy arms as long as they paid cash
Axis Powers -Japan, Germany, and Italy
US passes the draft and military spending 1940
Roosevelt elected for a third term
Lend-Lease
“The Great Arsenal of Democracy”
• FDR- “No man can tame a tiger by stroking it”• Referring to Hitler• Lend Lease Plan- the US can lend or
lease arms and other supplies to “any country whose defense was vital to the US
• US uses Lend Lease Act to help USSR(Stalin)• “The enemy of my enemy is my
friend”• Germany sends U-Boats to stop
supplies by using the “Wolf Packs”
• Germany sinks 350, 000 tons of supplies in one month• FDR allows self defense• Radar and sonar help
Axis Powers
Axis Powers
Atlantic Charter
United Nations
Selective Service (draft)
FDR Plans For War
• Atlantic Charter - US and Britain(FDR and Churchill)• Agree to • Collective security, disarmament, self
determination, economic cooperation and freedom of the seas
• United Nations established with 26 countries known as the Allies to fight against the Axis Powers• 34 ships are sunk by the Germans
Pink Star, Kearny and Ruben James• FDR allows shoot on sight
Japan Attack the US
• Japan expands into Asia• Hideki Tojo –Japanese general• US embargos(refuses to sell) goods
to Japan (oil) • Peace Talks(US and Japan) didn’t
work
“December 7, 1941 a date that will live in infamy”
Attack on Pearl Harbor
• December 7, 1941 Japan sneak attacks Pearl Harbor Hawaii• FDR “A date which will remain in
infamy”• US declares war on Japan• Three days later Germany and Italy
declare war on US