Chapter 34 - Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

Attack on Pearl Harbor

United Americans in their desire to go to war

Roosevelt

Gave the Quarantine Speech in 1937 with him proposing economic embargoes against any aggressive dictators, which was opposed by the public

Stalin

Took control of Communist USSR and killed hundreds of thousands of political foes

Japan

________ had been allied with Germany since September of 1940.

Hitler

Invaded the Soviet Union in June of 1941

American

Act paved way for the ________- led free- trade international economic system which took shape after WWII.

Congress

________ passed the Neutrality Act of 1939 which allowed European democracies to buy American war materials as long as they transported the purchases on their own ships and paid in cash.

Soviet Union

Signed a nonaggression treaty with Hitler on August 23, 1939

Japanese

________ invaded China in 1937.

Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939

Began with Spanish rebels rising against the republican government in Madrid

Nazi Hitler

________ and Fascist Mussolini allied themselves in the Rome- Berlin Axis in 1936.

Fall of France

Took place in June of 1940

Roosevelt

________ formally recognized Soviet Union which opened up trade and fostering a friendship to counterbalance threat of German power in Europe and Japanese power in Asia.

Hitler

________ violated the Treaty of Versailles in 1935.

Japanese bombers

Attacked Pearl Harbor and killed 2, 348 people on "Black Sunday" December 7, 1941

Congress

________ passed the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act in 1934.

Roosevelt

________ gave 50 destroyers left over from WWI to Britain on September 2, 1940.

Congress

________ passed the Tydings- McDuffie Act in 1934.

Hitler

Invaded Austria in March of 1938 and in March of 1939 took over all of Czechoslovakia

Hitler

Launched air attacks on Britain in August of 1940, following fall of France

Congress

________ passed the Lend- Lease Bill in 1941 as they were fearful of the potential collapse of Britain.

Roosevelt

________ sent military supplies to the USSR.

Hitler

________ viewed Lend- Lease Bill as unofficial declaration of war.

Hitler

________ was the most dangerous of all dictators due to the magnitude of his power and his impulsiveness.