America Moves Toward War

1. What did the 1939 Neutrality Act allow?
The 1939 Neutrality Act allowed warring nations to buy U.S. arms as long as they paid cash and transported them in their own ships. This act was known as "cash and carry".

2. Who were the Axis powers?
The Axis powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan. When they had signed a mutual defense treaty they had been known as that.

3. What did the Lend-Lease Act do?
The Lend-Lease act was a plan that the President would lend or lease arms or other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the united states". Roosevelt felt that it was the only sensible thing to do to prevent the fire from spreading to your own property.

4. What pledges were contained in the Atlantic Charter?
The pledges contained in the Atlantic Charter were, collective security, disarmament, self-determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of the seas.

5. Who were the Allies?
The Allies were the nations that had fought the Axis powers.

6. What did the attack at Pearl Harbor do to the U.s. Pacific fleet?
The attack at Pearl Harbor, did a great deal to the U.S. pacific fleet. Japan had caught America off guard with our defenses down so of course the out come was not good. Japan had killed 2,403 Americans, and wounded 1,178 in less than two hours. The surprise raid had a lot sunk or damaged about 21 American ships, including 8 battleships. Which is nearly the WHOLE pacific fleet. These losses constituted greater damage than the U.S. navy had suffered in all of World War 1.

7. Why did Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.?
Germany and Italy declared war on the United States in response to Roosevelt's declaration of war against Japan.