Summary of how the United States supported Britain and France before 1942

1. The Arsenal of Democracy

2. Opening Question (page 38)
Watch this video until 00:50 (November 1941)
Nazi Germany: Every Month
You are a member of Congress in November 1941.
Remembering World War 1, would you want to remain
neutral or get involved? Give your reasons.

3. Definitions
neutrality
practice of not taking sides in a conflict

4. Definitions
arms embargo
not trading or selling weapons to
another country

5. Definitions
“Cash and Carry”
US policy that allowed European
countries to come to US ports and buy
old US munitions

6. Definitions
isolationists
people who prefer to remain alone, in
particular, for the US to not get involved
in other countries’ problems

7. Definitions
Neutrality Act of 1939
ended the arms embargo and put all
trade with belligerent nations as “cash
and carry”

8. Definitions
Allies
countries that worked together against
Germany and Japan
US, Britain, France, Soviet Union (and
others)

9. Definitions
Axis Powers
countries that worked together with
Germany
Germany, Japan, Italy (and others)

10. Definitions
interventionists
people who wanted the US to get
involved in World War 2 and help the
Allies

11. Definitions
Lend-Lease Act
US program to loan war supplies to the Allies
which would be returned after the war
the US did not make the Allies pay and didn’t
need the supplies after the war

12. Definitions
Four Freedoms Speech
President Roosevelt (FDR) speech where he
declares that all people in the world are entitled
to 4 freedoms
the US should protect those rights

13. Definitions
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter set goals for the world after
World War 2

14. Reading Comprehension Questions
1) How did the US change their position on helping the Allies?

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16. Reading Comprehension Questions
1) How did the US change their position on helping the Allies?
2) How did the US help the Allies?

17. 1
2

18. Reading Comprehension Questions
1) How did the US change their position on helping the Allies?
2) How did the US help the Allies?
3) What things did Roosevelt do to increase the help given to the
Allies?

19. 1
2
3

20. Reading Comprehension Questions
1) How did the US change their position on helping the Allies?
2) How did the US help the Allies?
3) What things did Roosevelt do to increase the help given to the
Allies?
 Identify and write the main idea of each of the paragraphs we
labeled 1, 2, 3 in the reading.

21. 4) In 1938, about how
many combat
munitions were
produced by the
Allied Powers? By the
Axis Powers?
Allied Powers:
$2 Billion
Axis Powers: about
$5 Billion
about2
about 4
about 1
Allied Powers Axis Powers

22. 5) In 1943, about how
many combat
munitions were
produced by the
Allied Powers? By the
Axis Powers?
Allied Powers: $63
Billion
Axis Powers: $19
Billion
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13
6
14
11
Allied Powers Axis Powers

23. 6) In 1944, how much
of an advantage did
the Allied Powers
have over the Axis
Powers in production
of Combat
Munitions?
Allied Powers: $68
Billion
Axis Powers: $24
Billion
Allied Advantage:
68-24= $44 Billion
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16
8
15
11
Allied Powers Axis Powers

24. 7) Who do the 4
people in this
cartoon each
represent?
Uncle Sam
• United States
Hideki Tojo
• Japan
Adolf Hitler
• Germany
Benito
• Italy

25. 8) Why is Uncle
Sam rolling up
his sleeve?
9) What is this
cartoon trying
to say about
“All-Out U.S.
Production”?

26. Making Conclusions
10) The United States officially entered the war in the
very end of 1941 and beginning of 1942. How did the
entry of the United States entering World War II
change the outcome of the war?