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Kellog-briand pact
This was an act signed after WW1 saying that war was outlawed as a way of national policy. It was unable to be enforced. -
Tripartite Pact
the signing of an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan to make the Axis powers. If one country were to declare war the other two would be forced to declare war as well. -
nye committee meets
the nye comittee was a meeting held to expose bankers and arms dealers as pushing America towards entering the war -
Neutrality act is passed
these series of acts passed outlawed selling weapons to warring countries and lending private loans -
first of three neutrality acts are passed
outlawed selling military related materials to a country in war. declared warnings for travel to a country in war -
munnich accord signed
this proposal signed by Germany claimed that Germany could annex west Czechoslovakia so the germans could have more land. -
America first committee
a political group against the entering of the war and believed isolationism is the key to success -
Selective Training And Service Act Of 1940
required all men in between ages 21-45 to sign up for the draft -
pearl harbor
the bombing events in Honolulu, Hawaii where Japan bombed the naval fort residing there in hopes that in would cripple America's ability to fight naval battles but instead dragged them into the war which ultimately caused the fall of the axis powers. -
Lend-Lease Act is passed
gave the president the ability to give weapons to countries in war without breaking the neutrality acts