1. Explain the reasons for U.S. neutrality during the 1920s and 1930s. How did ideas about neutrality change during the period from the end of World War I to the passage of the Lend-Lease Act? Be sure to include any events, terms, or people that may support your response.
After World War I, all the US wanted was stability. The US did not want to focus on foreign affairs, they wanted to focus on domestic issues. The solution to this was to remain neutral during the rise of powerful leaders in other countries, such as Mussolini in Italy and Hitler in Germany. The US passed three neutrality acts in the span of 4 years, however by the time we passed the Lend-Lease act, we were very highly biased neutral, lending or giving weapons to other countires without asking for …show more content…
Instead of sending weapons, the US now sold goods to Britian and France under certian circumstances. The goods had to be paid in full and transported personally, trying to make the US look "innocent", when it really made us more vunerable.
U.S aid to China
The US aiding China was in direct defiance of what the US tried to stick to in terms of Neutrality, however I believe it was morally right. Japans invasion on China made Roosevelt support the Chinese side, and we began carring supplies to Japan with Britians help, infuriating isolationists, but in the end really helping out Japan.
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease act was basically what secured the United States place in WWII. The US was now aiding any country that it saw in need on a credit basis, or even out of donation. This went against eveything the US was trying to accomplish with neutrality, including focusing on domestic needs in our country and what the citizens were asking for. Because our government is a democracy, I believe the peoples input is important, and in 1940, 2/3 of citizens didn't want to be involved with the
After World War I, all the US wanted was stability. The US did not want to focus on foreign affairs, they wanted to focus on domestic issues. The solution to this was to remain neutral during the rise of powerful leaders in other countries, such as Mussolini in Italy and Hitler in Germany. The US passed three neutrality acts in the span of 4 years, however by the time we passed the Lend-Lease act, we were very highly biased neutral, lending or giving weapons to other countires without asking for …show more content…
Instead of sending weapons, the US now sold goods to Britian and France under certian circumstances. The goods had to be paid in full and transported personally, trying to make the US look "innocent", when it really made us more vunerable.
U.S aid to China
The US aiding China was in direct defiance of what the US tried to stick to in terms of Neutrality, however I believe it was morally right. Japans invasion on China made Roosevelt support the Chinese side, and we began carring supplies to Japan with Britians help, infuriating isolationists, but in the end really helping out Japan.
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease act was basically what secured the United States place in WWII. The US was now aiding any country that it saw in need on a credit basis, or even out of donation. This went against eveything the US was trying to accomplish with neutrality, including focusing on domestic needs in our country and what the citizens were asking for. Because our government is a democracy, I believe the peoples input is important, and in 1940, 2/3 of citizens didn't want to be involved with the