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U.S. History Chapter 20
The Road to World War II:
- Japan - wanted a Nipponese empire in the Pacific, extending into China and Australia
- Italy
- Spanish Civil War
- Germany
Agression in Europe:
U.S. Neutrality:
- Nye Committee
During the 1930s, US public opinion as well as several Senators questioned the validity of US involvement in the Great War. The belief became increasingly common that the nation was deceived into taking part in this bloody conflict by Allied propaganda and to serve the interests of profit-thirsty bankers and industrialists. The conclusions of the Nye Committee in 1934, tasked with investigating the excessive profits made by the war armament industry, reinforced the antiwar position of the American people and finalizes the country's isolationist policy.
- Neutrality Acts: First, Second, Third, and Fourth
As a reaction to Germany's re-armament, and to prevent any US involvement in a possible European war, the US Congress voted the Neutrality Act, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 31, 1935. The Act prohibits trade in military material with warring countries and travel by US nationals on ships belonging to warring countries. It was amended in 1936 to prohibit loans to warring countries, and then in January and March 1937 to include civil wars.
World War II Begins:
The Holocaust:
The Battle of France:
The Battle of Britain:
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