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Presdential Election
Roosevelt wanted to break the tradition of a two-term presidency, begun by George Washington, run for reelection. Roosevelt was reelected with nearly 55 percent of the votes cast. -
Formation of the Axis Powers
Isolationists attacked Roosevelt for his actions. The cash-and-carry policy began to look to little to late. the Tripartite Pact was amied at keeping the United States out of the war. Roosevelt asked congress to increase spending for national defense. Thata same year, Roosevelt decided to break the tradition of a two-term presidency, begun by George Washington, and run for reelection. -
Lend-Lease Plan
Roosevelt compared his plan lending a garden hose to a neighbor whose house was on fire. He asserted that this was the only sensible thing to do to prevent the fire from spreading to your own property . Isolationists argued bitterly against the plan, but most Americans favored it, Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act -
Supporting Stalin
In june 1941 hitler broke the agreement he had made in 1939 with Stalin not to go to war and invaded the Soviet Union. The principle that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," Roosevelt began sending lend-lease supplies to the Soviet Union. -
Signing of the Atlantic Charter
A meeting took place between Winston Churchhill and FDR aboard the battleship USS Augusta to discuss the War in Europe and premable U.S. -
German Wolf Packs
From the spring to the fall of 1941 individual surface attacks by individual U-boats gave way to what became known as the wolf pack attack. Groups of up to 40 submarines patrolled areas in the North Atlantic where convoys could be expected. -
Attack on German U-boats
President Roosevelt granted the navy permission for U.S. warships to attack German U-boats in self defense. -
Peace Talks
Roosevelt received a decoded message that instructed Japan's peace envoy to reject all American peace proposals. "This means war," Roosevelt declared.
