World war 2

According to the reading this is the description of ....

After the Japanese landed in the Philippines ni May 1942, nearly 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners were forced to endure a 60-mile march; during this ordeal, 10,000 prisoners died or were killed.

• The Battle of Okinawa

• The Battle of the Bulge

• The Battaan Death March

• The Surrender of Stalingrad

According to the reading

The 1930's ....

• Were a period of wealth

• Were a period of Isolationism

• were a period of constant warfare

• were period of spreading democracy

According to the reading,

Neutrality Act of 1935 ...

• Supplied the English with the weapons to fight the Germans

• To move forces into England to prepare for war

• outlawed any American trade in weapons or military supplies with warring powers.

• to create a draft to ready for war

According to the reading,

The Neutrality Act of 1939,

• would allow warring countries to buy American arms fi they paid cash and carried the goods away ni their own ships.

• Send weapons to England only

• Supply the Soviet forces only for defense

• Prepare for an invasion but not fight

By 1942 The America First committee boasted over

• 5 million members

• 12 members

• 82,000 members

• 2,000 members