Chapter 13 Section 4



Chapter 13 Section 4 Name:

America Enters the War Hour:

Pages 474-479

Complete the chart using the information in the textbook.

|Event |Date |What did it do? |What was its overall goal? |Is it a neutral action on the part of |

| | | | |the U.S.? Why or why not? |

|Destroyer Deal |Spring 1940 | | | |

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|Lend-Lease Act |Dec. 1940 | | | |

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|Atlantic Charter |August 1941 | | | |

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|Embargo of oil to|July 1941 | | | |

|Japan & freezing | | | | |

|all Japanese | | | | |

|assets in U.S. | | | | |

|Pearl Harbor |Dec. 7, 1941 |What happened? |What did the Japanese hope to gain? |How did the U.S. end up at war w/ |

|(answer questions| | | |Germany and Italy as well as Japan? |

|in box, not at | | | | |

|top of columns) | | | | |

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List reasons why Japan attacked the United States.

Why did the United States think Japan would not attack, despite intercepting Japanese communications saying they were planning an attack?

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1. Since FDR didn’t believe in the Neutrality Acts he used a loophole to send 50 _________ to England in exchange for US ________ on British territory

So ________ for ________

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While still officially neutral, America became more involved by ______________________.

It allowed the U.S. to lend arms to any country whose defense was considered vital to U.S. interests

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America got even more involved by blocking ___________ sales to Japan.

This is called an ____________.

America wanted to stop Japan’s pacific expansion to help china, Indochina, and British/French colonies.

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America’s neutrality ended when the Japanese attacked ____________ attempting to destroy America’s ________ (ocean name) fleet.

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