Friday, April 19, 2013

U.S. Inches Towards WWII

Reading: http://goo.gl/HRlCj Essential Questions:

1. What was the Lend-Lease and what countries did it benefit?
- Lend-Lease act was a new plan that would lend or rent weapons to other countries who really needed them. He wanted to do this so that way Hitler would not have the chances of dominating. The Soviet Union (Russia), and Britain were countries that benefited from this.

2. What did Roosevelt call German U-Boats?
- Roosevelt's nickname for the German U-boats was the Rattlesnakes of the Atlantic.

3. How would you describe Roosevelt's opinion of war?
- Roosevelt's opinion of war was half neutral. He didn't want to fight in the war exactly, however he still helped the Allies against the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan). He helped them by being a provider of weapons when needed. 


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