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What were the neutrality acts?
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Keep the country out of conflicts in Europe
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Explain what did the Neutrality Act of 1939 repeal and include?
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Repealed the arms embargo (trade arms)
Included a "cash and carry" provision. Pay cash for materials and carry them away on their own ships |
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Why were the neutrality acts passed?
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Americans supported isolationism and wanted to avoid getting drawn into the new conflict.
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Explain what Roosevelt meant by making the US "the arsenal of democracy"
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moving to a wartime
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What was the Atlantic Charter about?
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promised not to use the war to expand their own territory and asserted the rights of all people to peace
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Why do you think Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
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The US helped china, Japan's enemy. Didn't supply Japan with oil anymore.
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What was the Manhattan Project?
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It was a top secret program to develop an atomic bomb.
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