FROM ISOLATIONISM TO WAR
During the 1920s and 1930s, U.S. policy
toward Europe was one of isolationism.
Many Americans felt the WWI had not been worth the cost
Pacifist (Peace) Movement: Believed that war was wrong
Isolationism
1929
1935
1936
1937
U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1920s & 1930s
U.S. signs
KelloggBriand Pact
Outlawing
War
Neutrality Act
of 1935
Prohibits
Arms Sales to
Belligerents
(Nations at
War)
Neutrality Act
of 1936
Prohibits
Loans to
Belligerents
Neutrality Act
of 1937
allowed trade
of nonmilitary goods
to belligerents
on a “cash &
carry” basis
U.S. Becomes an “Arsenal for Democracy”
1939
1940
1941
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Late 30s and Early 40s
Congress FDR Declares
Repeals
U.S. an
Neutrality Arsenal for
Acts
Democracy
Destroyers
for Bases
Deal
Jan. 1941
LendLease Act
August, 1941
Dec 7, 1941
U.S. Signs
Atlantic
Charter
Congress
Declares
War After
Pearl
Harbor
Undeclared Naval War w/ Germany