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Hitler broke the 1939 agreement
Hitler broke the Munich Agreement he made Stalin in 1939 and he attacked the Soviet Union -
1940 Presidential Election
FDR ran for president, was and is the only president to run and get elected for a 3rd time. He won 55% of the popular vote and 38 of the 48 states. -
Axis Threat
Germany, Italy -
Lend-Lease Act
Roosevelt lend or lease arms or supplies to "any countries whose defense was vital to the United States. -
Atlantic Charter
Winston Churchill And Franklin D. Roosevelt met and agreed upon ideal goals of the war. This was the start of a post-war settlement. -
"Shoot on Sight" Policy
FDR grants the navy permission for U.S Warships to attack German U-boats -
Pearl Harbor
occured in Hawaii (considered American soil), a Japanese dive-bomber, followed by 180 war planes from 6 aircraft carriers, over 2000 deaths and 1000 injured.
