USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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· Quarantine Speech · Lend-lease program · Atlantic meeting with Winston Churchill in 1941 · Embargo of Japan These events above indicated that President Franklin D. Roosevelt, -
A
was determined to halt totalitarian aggression
B
wanted to keep out of the war at any cost
C
believed the United States had no reason to be concerned with the war
D
was forced by public opinion to enter into the war
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On July 26, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt seizes all Japanese assets in the United States in retaliation for the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China.

Detailed explanation-2: -After Roosevelt’s death on April 12, 1945 Churchill said, “I conceived an admiration for him as a statesman, a man of affairs and a war leader.” Churchill then added, “He was the greatest American friend that Britain ever found.” It was their personal bond which forged the “Special Relationship.”

Detailed explanation-3: -U.S. Congress Joint Resolution signed by President Roosevelt on December 8, 1941 at 4:10 p.m., Public Law 77-328, 55 STAT 795, which declared war on Japan.

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