Ch 19 WS 4

American History

 

  1. What did the Neutrality Act of 1939 allow? Who was it designed to help specifically?

 

 

  1. What was the Destroyers for Bases Deal?

 

 

  1. By the summer did most Americans support isolationism or helping England?

 

 

  1. What did the America First Committee believe? Who were a couple of its prominent leaders?

 

 

  1. What did the Lend-Lease Act of 1940 allow? Who was the primary recipient of Lend-Lease aid?

 

 

  1. As a result of FDR’s declaration of a hemispheric defense zone, what was the role of the US navy in the Atlantic Ocean?

 

 

  1. What pressures did FDR place on the Japanese in the months leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack?

 

 

  1. On what month/day/year was Pearl Harbor attacked? How many ships were sunk or damaged?

 

 

  1. The US declared war on Japan the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked. What counties were the next to declare war and on whom did they do so?