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The Axis Threat
United States traded 50 old destroyers for leases on British military bases in the Carribean and NewFoundland. Germnan, Italy, and Japan signed a mutual defense treaty --> (Tripartite act) was aimed at keeping the United States out of the war -
Presidential Election
Roosevelt runs for a 3rd term. He wanted to break the traditionof a two-term policy -
Lend-Lease Policy
Britain breaks diplomatic ties with Bulgaria, Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany joined Axis Powers Also. Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act, which gave more cash to britain -
Supporting Stalin
Hitler broke the agreement he had made in 1939 with Stalin not to go to war and invaded the Soviet Union -
FDR Plans...
Roosevelt proposed to extend the term of draftees passed in the House of Representatives by only one vote -
Shoot On Sight
German subs fired on the U.S. Destroyer Greer in the Atlantic on sept 4 1941 Fdr ordered navy commanders to respond. German uboats sank the u.s. destroyerRueben james , killing more than 100 million sailors -
This Means War..
FDR recieved a decoded message that instructed japans peace envoy to reject all American peace proposals. "This means war"-roosevelt
