Chapter 34: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

Chapter 34

Period: Jan 1, 1932 to Dec 31, 1941

FDR Inaugural Address

Mar 4, 1933

1:00-2:28 min.

Seventh Pan-American Conference

May 1, 1933

Renounced armed intervention in Latin America in Montevideo and Uruguay.

Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act

Jan 1, 1934

Activated low-tariff policies while aiming at relief and recovery by boosting American trade. In response to opposition to the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.

Tydings-McDuffie Act

Mar 24, 1934

Stated that the Philippines would recieve their independence after 12 years of ecominc and political tutelage, in 1946.

Johnson Debt Default Act

May 5, 1934

Prevented nations already in debt from borrowing from the United States.

Neutrality Acts

Jan 1, 1935

Stated that when the President Proclaimed the existance of a foreign war, certain restrictions would actuomatically go into effect.:
- No American could legally sail on a belligerent ship
- No selling or transporting munitions to a belligerent
- No loans made to a belligerent

FDR's "I Hate War" Speech

Aug 14, 1936

FDR's "I Hate War"

"Quarantine Speech"

Oct 5, 1937

When Japan invaded China, he gave his famous "Quarantine Speech"

Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

Abandoned the Neutrality acts. Hitler recognized that.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese bombers attacked the Hawaian naval base in Pearl Harbor, killing about 3,000 men and destrpying countless ships.

FDR Declarartion of War

Dec 8, 1941

2:22-end

Donald Duck Cartoon

Jan 1, 1943

You are welcome Grace