Post on 16-Dec-2015
1920’s - ISOLATION
Treaty of Versailles
USA never signed Treaty!
(Harsh conditions for Germany!)
1920’s - ISOLATION
League of Nations
USA never joined – no more “entanglements” in other
countries’ problems
(Harsh conditions for Germany!)
1920’s - ISOLATION
Kellogg Briand Pact
Outlawed War!
-idealistic
-no way to enforce!
1920’s - ISOLATION
Naval Disarmament Conferences
Washington, DC – limit battleships
London – limit cruisers and destroyers
1930’s - NEUTRALITY
Nye Committee
Investigated why USA was drawn into WW I?
-bankers and arms dealers for $?
“Merchants of Death”!
1930’s - NEUTRALITY
Good Neighbor Policy
USA non-intervention in Latin America
Multi-lateral interpretation of Monroe Doctrine…include LA opinions less
control by USA!
1930’s - NEUTRALITY
Neutrality Acts
No arms sales or loans to nations at war or nations involved in civil war!!!
1930’s - NEUTRALITY
FDR’s Quarantine Speech
Peaceful nations (90%) should quarantine aggressor nations (10%) to prevent spread of their control.
Not well received by some!!!
1930’s - NEUTRALITY
“Cash and Carry”
Nations must pay cash and provide transportation for items purchased in
USA
- don’t repeat situation that led US into WW I (unrestricted submarine warfare against non-military ships)
1940’s - INTERVENTION
Destroyers for Naval Bases Deal
USA would provide Britain with 50 “overage” destroyers in return for the right to build naval bases on British territories in Western Hemisphere.
1940’s - INTERVENTION
Lend –Lease Act
President of USA can lend or lease equipment to any nation whose
defense is considered vital to the defense of the USA.
1940’s - INTERVENTION
“Arsenal of Democracy”
Term used to describe importance of US industrial production
-USA was valuable supplier to democratic nations at war
1940’s - INTERVENTION
Atlantic Charter
FDR and Churchill meet in Aug. 1941 aboard USS Augusta
-Pledged goals for a post war world:-Collective security
-Disarmament
-Self-determination
-Economic cooperation
-Freedom of the seas
1940’s - INTERVENTION
“Four Freedoms”
FDR’s 1941 State of the Union speech
Freedom of speech and expression
Freedom of worship
Freedom from want
Freedom from fear FDR SPEECH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iHKtrirjlY&feature=related
• American Illustrator, Norman Rockwell’s
FOUR FREEDOMS
• Saturday Evening Post Magazine
Covers
A date which will live in infamy!A date which will live in infamy!
Pearl Harbor – Dec. 7, 1941Pearl Harbor – Dec. 7, 1941
USS ArizonaUSS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor
2,887 Americans Dead!2,887 Americans Dead!
Pearl Harbor MemorialPearl Harbor Memorial