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Nuetrality act of 1935
Congress passed the first neutrality act that prohibited sale of arms by America to any country at way -
Neutrality Act of 1936
A new law supported by Frankiln D. Roosevelt that extended the ban on the sale of arms to nations at war and aslo banned loans to nations at war. -
Neutrality Act of 1937
Continued the ban on the sale of arms to nations at war and also required that all nonmilitary supplies had to be bought on a "cash-and-carry" basis meaning if countries wanted to buy something from the US they had to send their own ships to pick it up and take it back -
Sale of arms to China
When Japan attacked China in 1937 without declaring war on China Roosevelt claimed the Neutrality Act of 1937 did not apply and started the sale of weapons to China -
Neutrality Act of 1939
After Roosevelt asked congress to revise the neutrality laws the passed the Neutrality act of 1939 which permitted the sale of weapons to nations at war on a "cash-and-carry" basis. -
The Lend-Lease Act
Roosevelt proposed the Lend-Lease Act which stated the US could lend or lease arms to any country considered vital to the defense of the US. -
American embargo of Japan
In an act to hinder Japanese aggression the congress allowed Roosevelt the power to restrict the sale of strategic materials to Japan -
Destroyers for bases deal
In spring 1940 Britain asked America for old American destroyers to to rebuild it's fleet, Roosevelt found a loophole in the cash requirement by saying as long as there was no purchase involved it didn't count as selling arms so he traded 50 ships for use of British bases in the Atlantic -
The Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a decision about what would happen to the world post-war that was reached by Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain and Franklin Roosevelt on a ship in the Atlantic -
Declaration of war on Japan
After the US froze all assets going to Japan, Japanese military commanders sent two battleships, six aircraft carriers, and other warships to pearl harbor where they conducted a surprise attack on the military base there, after that the US declared war on Japan therefor ending their neutrality in the war.
