America Moves Toward War

1. What did the 1939 Neutrality Act allow?
This act allowed nations in war to buy weapons from America only if they paid in cash and they trasported them themselves.
2. Who were the Axis powers?
Japan, Italy, and Germany.
3. What did the Lend-Lease Act do?
This law let America loan weapons and supplies to Britian because they were necessary in the defense of America. Also weapons were given to the Soviet Union.
4. What pledges were contained in the Atlantic Charter?
The pledges in the Atlantic Charter were that their would be freedom of the seas, collective security, economic links between nations, self-determination, and disarmament.
5. Who were the Allies?
England, France, U.S.S.R, and America later.
6. What did the attack at Pearl Harbor do to the U.s. Pacific fleet?
Nearly all of the Pacific Fleet was destroyed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, ironically none of the U.S aircraft carriers were in Pearl Harbor during the attack.
7. Why did Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.?
Stupidly Hilter declaired war on America cause he was an idiot. Italy was Hilter's puppet so they went along with it. Techinically neither Germany nor Italy had to go to war because the treaty was only if one of those three countries were attacked first.