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The name of the plan used by the US from late 1939 to supply Britain, France and other Allies arms manufactured in America.
What is cash and carry?
Which organisation did the US refuse to join at the end of WWI?
What is the League of Nations?
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The US president who had been instrumental in the formation of the LON.
The US signed this international treaty in 1928 as a way of showing their commitment to world peace. Come on, Miss America!
What is the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
This famous aviator became involved in America First. Talk about star power!
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
This policy was implemented by FDR in 1933 to try and improve US relations with Latin America.
What is the Good Neighbour Policy?
This program (from 1941) allowed the US to lend money to Allied countries so that they could purchase US manufactured goods.
What is the Lend-Lease program?
The First Neutrality Act was passed in this year.
What is 1935?
The US tried to help Germany out of debt in 1924 with this arrangement.
What is the Dawes Plan?
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The name of the updated agreement with Germany from 1929.
The US public completely changed their mind about isolationism after this event in December 1941.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbour?
This 1932 Doctrine was meant to be a slap on the wrist to Japan after their annexation of Manchuria.
What is the Stimson Doctrine?
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Explain the Stimson Doctrine.
US Congress issued the first ever of these in September 1940. Jobs for all!
What is a peacetime military draft? (The Selective Training and Service Act 1940)
The US introduced these in the 1920s to try and keep ‘undesirable foreigners’ out of the country.
What is the Immigration Restriction Acts?
The US issued various sanctions against this nation from 1939-1941, including an oil embargo.
What is Japan?
A survey showed that 79% of Americans were still against the US getting involved in WWII by this date.
What is May 1941?
The ‘Cash and Carry’ Clause was added to the Neutrality Acts in this month and year.
What is November 1939?
In a famous speech given on Dec 29 1940, FDR described the increasing efforts on the US home front as this.
What is the arsenal of democracy?
This Neutrality Act prohibited war loans and credits to belligerent (war-like/ aggressive) nations. Name and Year please!
What is the Second Neutrality Act 1936?
FDR and Churchill struck this deal in 1941, outlining their war strategy and plans for a post-WWII world.
What is the Atlantic Charter?
A Senate Inquiry into US involvement in WWI was run by this Republican Senator (1934-1936).
Who is Senator Nye?
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What did the committee find?
The Naval Expansion Act was approved by Congress in this year.
What is 1938?
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This amount that Congress authorised to expand the US Navy.
The US Army had one million men by this year.
What is 1941?
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The US Army had this many men in September 1939.
In spite of their refusal to join the LON, the USA hosted this in 1921/22.
What is the Washington Naval Conference?
These agreements were negotiated by Secretary of State, Cordell Hill, and helped the US to recover during the Great Depression.
What are the reciprocal trade agreements?
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Most of the agreements were with these countries from this general region.
There were two significant groups operating in 1940, trying to influence US foreign policy. One was America First; the other had this less catchy name.
What is The Committee to Defend America by aiding the Allies?
In 1922, the USA signed this treaty which limited the build up of naval arms, and actually ended up increasing tensions between the USA and Japan.
What is the 5-Power Treaty?