Good Neighbor Policy
1928
Neutrality Act 1935
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S Kellogg-Briand
O 1928
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London Economic
Conference 1933
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Neutrality Act 1936
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Tydings-McDuffie
Act 1934
Johnson Debt
Default Act 1934
Kellogg-Briand 1928
-Offensive wars were outlawed among the 64 signatory
nations
-Impossible to enforce since no provisions were made to
deal with countries that violated the law.
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Good Neighbor Policy
Atlantic Conference
1941
FDR gives
“Quarantine”
Speech in
Chicago
Fall 1937
"No state has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another. The
definite policy of the United States from now on is one OPPOSED to armed
Convoys 1941
Neutrality Act 1939
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intervention.”
Nullification of
Neutrality Act of 1939
(1941)
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Lend-Lease Act 1940
December 7, 1941
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-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Begun by Hoover and continued by Roosevelt. The United States would seek to foster better
relationships with its neighbors in the Americas.
Caused by:
1. Retreat from Teddy Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” policy
2. Great Depression
3. Strong Isolationist feelings in U.S.
4. Need to make allies in the America’s in light of growing trouble in Europe
Neutrality
Act 1937
Havana Conference 1940
London Economic Conference
1933
Tydings-McDuffie Act
1934
-36 nations met in London, England
-They hoped to organize a common strategy for battling the
global depression by making a stable currency exchange
rate between the participating countries.
-Roosevelt felt that cooperating internationally would his
plans for American recovery.
-Provided for the independence of the Philippines
-The U.S. agrees to relinquish its army bases, but naval
bases were reserved for future discussion
-The U.S.’s withdrawal from the conference caused it to
collapse.
Johnson Debt Default Act 1934
-Prevented debt-dodging nations from borrowing further in
the United States.
Neutrality Act of
1935, 1936, and 1937
No American could sail on a belligerent ship, sell or
transport munitions, or make loans to a belligerent
Neutrality Act of
1935, 1936, and 1937
No American could sail on a belligerent ship, sell or
transport munitions, or make loans to a belligerent
Neutrality Act of 1939
“Cash-and-Carry”
-Response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland
-Any country could buy American munitions with
cash, but then they would have to transport them
with their own ships.
Lend Lease Bill of 1940
-Effectively ended American neutrality
-The U.S. would give massive supplies of armaments to
countries being threatened by totalitarianism
-The U.S. will become an “arsenal for democracy”
-U.S. to “lend” 50 old destroyers in exchange for use of
bases in Canada and the Caribbean
Atlantic Conference, 1941
A secret meeting between FDR and Winston Churchill of
England, on a warship off the coast of Newfoundland.
Created Atlantic Charter which pledged that the United States and Britain would
1. Not expand themselves
2. Consult nations about territorial changes
3. Help people choose their own governments
4. Promote free trade
-This avoided debt, loans, and torpedoing of
American ships.
5. Disarm aggressive nations
6. Work towards a ‘permanent system of general security.’
not
“Send guns, not Sons”
Convoys 1941
Roosevelt issued orders to escort the lend-lease shipments
to as far as Iceland, where the British would then take over.
These convoys were perfect opportunities for Hitler to take
target practice, as ships like the Greer, Kearny, and Reuben
James were all hit by enemy U-boats.
Nullification of Neutrality Act of
1939 (1941)
With much public pressure, Congress voted in November
of 1941 to nullify the now useless Neutrality Act of 1939.
Merchant ships could now be legally armed and enter
combat zones with munitions for Britain.
This
This??
to
FDR’s “Quarantine Speech”
-Delivered in Chicago, the “epicenter” of isolationism
-Called for a “quarantine” of the disease of aggression
-Roosevelt forced to retreat from this position by the
vocal protests of isolationists
Havana Conference
“Restatement of the Monroe Doctrine”
Countries of the Americas unite
against European aggression
FDR makes his Quarantine speech outdoors in Chicago, FDRL 1937/10/05
December 7, 1941
Also known as “Black Sunday,” when a surprise attack
on Pearl Harbor, by the Japanese, killed 3,000 people
Many planes and ships were destroyed making this
date live in infamy.
This action immediately propelled the United States
into the war.