Chapter 34: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, (Pages ) Per. Date Row

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1 Chapter 34: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, Name (Pages ) Per. Date Row I. The London Conference A. Purpose of this international conference B. Why FDR withdrew our representatives; what this demonstrated to other nations II. Freedom for (from?) the Filipinos and Recognition for the Russians A. Tydings-McDuffie Act in 1934 how this affected our role in Philippines B. What groups in America wanted freedom from the Philippines and why C. How the Japanese viewed America s new attitude toward the Philippines D. Why FDR decided to give diplomatic recognition to communist Russia III. Becoming a Good Neighbor A. Reasons why FDR decided the U.S. should be a good neighbor to Latin America B. Importance of actions at the Pan-American Conference in Montevideo, Uruguay C. How U.S. action in Mexico proved FDR s intention to be a good neighbor and not intervene with military power IV. Secretary Hull s Reciprocal Trade Agreements A. Secretary of State Hull s philosophy regarding tariffs B. What the Reciprocal Trade Agreements allowed the president to do; Congress s role

2 C. Effect of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act 2 V. Storm-Cellar Isolationism A. Rise of dictators in Europe: Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini B. Reasons for Hitler s appeal to German people C. Rome-Berlin Axis D. How Japan defied international law E. Mussolini s aggressive act; how the League of Nations responded; what the League could have done to stop him F. Reasons why isolationism was so strong in America at this time VI. Congress Legislates Neutrality A. The importance of the Nye Committee 1. purpose of committee 2. conclusions Americans drew from the committee s findings

3 3 B. Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 what these laws declared 1. how these laws reflected a great change in American policy 2. why your textbook regards these neutrality laws as immoral VII. America Dooms Loyalist Spain A. General Francisco Franco fascist dictator of Spain his allies and his goal? B. Why U.S. was reluctant to help the republican government of Spain (loyalists) C. U.S. policy regarding the civil war in Spain D. Results of the inaction of the democracies of the western world? E. U.S. military spending during this era ( ) reasons for this policy VIII. Appeasing Japan and Germany A. Japanese invasion of China 1937 B. FDR how he got around the neutrality law

4 C. FDR s Quarantine Speech 1. What he called for in his speech 4 2. How the American public reacted D. Panay incident 1. What happened 2. Japan s response 3. What this incident reveals about America s mood E. Adolf Hitler s aggressive actions: 1. regarding military service 2. regarding Rhineland 3. regarding Jewish population 4. regarding military forces 5. regarding Austria 6. regarding Sudetenland actions at Munich conference what the results of this conference demonstrate

5 IX. Hitler s Belligerency and U.S. Neutrality A. Importance of the Hitler-Stalin Pact of B. German invasion of Poland and beginning of World War II (see box inset on page 807) C. Initial action of U.S. when the war began in Europe D. Neutrality Act of 1939: How this act allowed U.S. to help Allies without getting involved E. Impact of this law on the Depression X. The Fall of France A. Phony war what this was B. U.S. actions to help Finland against Soviets C. German attack on Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, France D. How the defeat of France affected U.S. opinion E. Actions taken in U.S. for preparedness F. Havana Conference of 1940 actions taken and why important

6 XI. Bolstering Britain with the Destroyer Deal (1940) A. Battle of Britain type of attacks and result 6 B. Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies purpose and reasoning C. America First Committee purpose and reasoning (famous member?) D. The Destroyers for Bases Deal purpose, Congress s role XII. FDR Shatters the Two-Term Tradition (1940) (electoral map on page 815) A. Republican candidate: Wendell Willkie 1. His main appeal 2. His stand on FDR s New Deal 3. His stand on interventionism 4. Ways in which he attacked FDR B. How your textbook explain major reason why FDR won XIII. Congress Passes the Landmark Lend-Lease Law (map on page 816) A. Lend-Lease Bill of 1941 (Bill #1776) 1. Provisions 2. How FDR and supporters justified it

7 B. The bill s impact on American neutrality policy 7 C. Impact of the bill on German policy: Robin Moor incident in May 1941 XIV. Hitler s Assault on the Soviet Union Spawns the Atlantic Charter A. Hitler s invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 B. Action U.S. took regarding German invasion of Soviet Union C. Atlantic Conference of August FDR and Churchill location? 2. 8-point Atlantic Charter general purpose a. roots in what earlier document? b. specific provisions XV. U.S. Destroyers and Hitler s U-boat Clash A. FDR s decision to use a convoy system explain system B. Clashes with German subs: the Greer, the Kearny, the Reuben James C. How U.S. changed policy because of conflicts with German subs XVI. Surprise Assault on Pearl Harbor A. U.S. economic policy toward Japan how it changed in 1940

8 8 B. The deal the U.S. State Department tried to make with Japan; why Japan refused C. What actions did FDR think the Japanese would take? D. December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy type of damage inflicted E. Declaration of war on December XVII. America s Transformation from Bystander to Belligerent A. Impact of attack on Pearl Harbor on U.S. mood B. Factors other than the attack on Pearl Harbor that led U.S. to war XVIII. Refugees from the Holocaust (pages ): WHY DIDN T THE U.S. SAVE MORE REFUGEES? Analyze the factors discussed in this section.