USH Module 6 Section #1 Bellwork

What was the United States’ official position when World War II first began in Europe?

• Directly support the Axis Powers

• Immediately enter the war

• Remain neutral and isolated

• Lead an international peace effort

Match each policy with its purpose or description.

• Neutrality Acts

• Provide supplies to Allies to fight Axis Powers

• Atlantic Charter

• Aid Allies without sending U.S. troops

• Cash and Carry

• U.S. and British postwar goals for world peace

• Lend-Lease Act

• Avoid involvement in foreign wars

The ​ (a)   Acts were passed to prevent mistakes that led to World War I, and the ​ (b)   Policy allowed the U.S. to sell war goods to Allied nations who paid in cash and transported them.

• Neutrality
• Cash and Carry
• Lend-Lease
• Truman
• Isolation
• Marshall

Sort the following U.S. actions into the correct phase of foreign policy.

Groups:

(a) Isolationist Actions

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(b) Interventionist Actions

• Atlantic Charter

• Ending trade with warring nations

• Neutrality Acts

• Lend-Lease Act

Arrange the following events in chronological order.

• Neutrality Acts Passed

• Pearl Harbor Attack

• Lend-Lease Act Signed

• Cash and Carry Policy Adopted

What was the goal of the “Cash and Carry” policy?

• Sell weapons to both sides of the conflict

• Provide military aid without direct involvement

• Encourage U.S. troop deployment

• Stop trade with neutral countries

Match the individual or group with their related agreement or action.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Never Surrender speech and Co-signed the Atlantic Charter

• Winston Churchill

• Lend-Lease Act and Co-signed the Atlantic Charter

• U.S. Congress

• Passed the Neutrality Acts

• Japan

• Attacked Pearl Harbor after oil embargo

What prompted the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

• A U.S. invasion of Japan

• Japan’s alliance with Britain

• A surprise declaration of war by the U.S.

• U.S. oil embargoes and Pacific tensions

"We must be the great arsenal of democracy." – President Franklin D. Roosevelt

What did Roosevelt mean by this statement?

• The U.S. would supply military aid to nations fighting dictatorships

• The U.S. would secretly aid the Axis Powers

• The U.S. would remain neutral in all global conflicts

• The U.S. would disband its military

Match the event to its outcome.

• Passage of Neutrality Acts

• Set goals for postwar peace

• Pearl Harbor attack

• Increased U.S. support for Allied Powers

• Lend-Lease Act

• Limited U.S. trade and aid to Europe

• Atlantic Charter signed

• U.S. enters WWII