Chapter 23, Section 3, The United States Enters the War, p. 751-757
Key Terms & People
*Pacifist
*Neutrality Act
*Neutral
*Quarantine Speech
*Cash-and-carry
*Wendell Willkie
*Lend-Lease Act
*Atlantic Charter
Questions from the reading:
1)How did World War I contribute to isolationist feeling in the 1920s and 1930s?
2)Why were some isolationists skeptical of Roosevelt’s foreign policy during his campaign for
president?
3)How did Roosevelt’s position toward isolationism change over time?
4)Why do you think Roosevelt increasingly came into conflict with isolationists?
5)Why was a commitment to isolationism so widespread in the 1930s?
6)What events explain Roosevelt’s shift away from isolationism in the late 1930s?
7)How did Roosevelt balance American isolationism with the need to intervene in the war?
8)Do you think the isolationists were correct in arguing that Roosevelt’s policies, including
lend-lease, would increase the likelihood of war? Explain.
9)What did the U.S. do to prepare for war in 1940 and 1941?
10)What were the causes and effects of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor?
11)What was the significance of the attack?