Charles Lindbergh, Isolationism and the America First Committee

Did President Roosevelt oppose US entry into WWII?

• Yes

• No

Did President Roosevelt feel like the US was the last hope for stopping Hitler's advances by providing aid to the Allied Powers?

• Yes

• No

What did President Roosevelt sign into law in 1940?

• • the Lend Lease Act

• • the Neutrality Act

• • the first peacetime draft

• • the first draft

  
  

What was the name of the alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan

• Allied Powers

• Triple Entente

• Axis Powers

Who was the chief spokesman of the new isolationist group called the America First Committee?

• • Amelia Earhart

• • Charles Lindbergh

• • Ernest Hemingway

• • Eleanor Roosevelt

  
  

What did FDR propose as a law [a bill] to allow the United States to send Britain more military supplies to fight against Hitler?

• • Lend Lease Act

• • Neutrality Act

• • War Powers Act

  
  

What did isolationist members of the America First Committee call the bill [proposed law] that would become the Lend-Lease Act?

• • Victory Bill

• • Dictator Bill

• Hitler Bill

An Antisemitic group and this "Mother's Movement" blamed _______ for what they believed to be Roosevelt's rush toward war.

• Hitler

• Jewish People

• The American First Committe

The Lend Lease Act allowed the US to send arms to Britain to fight Hitler. Roosevelt said, "We must be the great arsenal of democracy."

In this clip from a newsreel about the Lend-Lease, what is the message the viewers are supposed to get about America sending weapons to Britain?

• • Weapons from America will help Britain win the war.

• • America should be discouraged from helping Britain

• • America should be discouraged from helping Britain

Do you think the United States should have stayed out of the war or were they right to help? Explain your answer in 1-2 sentences using information from the video.