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Formation of the Axis powers
Fascists countries officially joined together by signing Tripartiatte Act (Germany, Italy, Japan). These countries are from the Axis powers. The Atlantic was forced to beat the United States out of war. These countries will officially be the enemies if they join war. -
Roosevelt runs for a third term
Roosevelt decided to break the tradition of a two-term presidency, begun by Washington, and ran for election. Isolationists supported Roosevelts policy of aiding Britain. Wilkie and Roosevelt both promised to keep the nation out of war. Roosevelt was reelected with 55 percent of the votes. -
Lend-lease Act
Britain had no more money to spend in the arsenal of Democracy. Roosevelt tried to help by suggesting the Lendlease plan. He asserted that this was the only sensible thing to do to prevent fires from spreading to your own property. Isolationists argued bitterly against the plan, but most Americans favored it, and Congress passed it in March 1941. -
Supporting Stalin
Hitler broke the agreement he had made in 1939 with Stalin not to go to war and invaded the soviet union. Roosevelt began spending lendlease money to the Soviet Union. Some Americans opposed providing aid to Stalin; Roosevelt agreed with Winston Churchill. -
Signing of the Atlantic Charter
Individual attacks by individual U-boats gave way to what became known as the Wolf pack attack. Roosevelt's proposal to extend the term of draftees passed in the House of Representitives by only one vote. Both countries pledged the following: collective security, disarment, self- determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of the seas. -
Shoot on sight
President Roosevelt granted the navy permission for U.S warships to attack German U-boats in self-defense. Two weeks after the Submarine fired on the U.S destroyer, the Pink Star was sunk off Greenland. German U-boats then sank other U.S destroyer, Rueben James, which killed hundreds. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt received a decoded message that instructed Japan's peace envoy to reject all American peaceproposal's. Japenese dive bomber swooped over Pearl Harbor. 180 followers tagged along. The planes were barely disturbed by U.S antiaircraft guns and blasted targets for about an hour and a half. The greatest damge was that of isolationism.
