Chapter 23
SECTION 3
Do Now
Analyze this
image in your
own words and
discuss with a
partner what
you think it
means.
Your text here
Goals and Objectives
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SWBAT In their own words explain, analyze and synthesize
1. Why there was a commitment to wide spread isolationism in the
1930's?
2. How Roosevelt balanced American isolationism with the need to
intervene in the war?
3. What did the United States do to prepare for the war in 1940 and
1941?
Today’s Class
-Background PowerPoint
-Research with iPads
-Chart of provisions,
amendments and revisions
-Class discussion
Background
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People who do not believe in the use of military force are known as
______Pacifists_______.
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_____Cash-and-Carry_______ became the United States policy
towards countries in war that wanted to purchase American goods.
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Congress allowed the U.S. to send weapons to Great Britain
regardless of their ability to pay through the passing of the
______Lend-Lease Act__________.
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_____The Atlantic Charter________ proclaimed the United States and
Britain’s shared goals of opposing Hitler and his allies.
Research
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Get into your groups.
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Take out your iPads.
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Begin researching your assigned Neutrality Act, 1935, 1936 or 1937.
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Next, create a chart showing the provision of the acts, the revision
and amendments.
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List the reasons for each provision, revision and amendment.
Neutrality Acts
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Neutrality Acts of 1935
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/neutrality-actof-august-31-1935/
Neutrality Acts of 1936
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/neutrality-actof-february-29-1936/
Neutrality Acts of 1937
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/neutrality-actof-1937/
Think Pair Share
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Were the Neutrality Acts truly “neutral”?
Closure