When Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
Then the U.S (l) ________ in debate. (1) ______.
Roosevelt asked congress to amend the (2) ________ Act (2) ______.
in order to help the "non-aggressive (3) ________." (3) ______.
Most Americans now saw Hitler as a great danger to the world.
Before the Hitler-Stalin pact in August, the U.S. Communist Party
had favored changing the Act. Now they joined the
(4) ________ and others railing against U.S. involvement in Europe’s war. (4) ______.
The Party (5) ________ newspaper, the Daily Worker, (5) ______.
editorialized that the people of the world wanted peace, and the Daily
Worker was suggesting that atrocities by Germany’s National Socialists
were no worse than British atrocities in India.In the spring of 1940,
Churchill was complaining in (6) ________ that the United States was
giving Britain too little help, and isolationists in the U.S. were
continuing their campaign against involvement abroad. (6) ______.
Americans were surprised by Hitler’s move westward, especially against
peaceful Norway. In responding to Hitler’s new invasions, Roosevelt
spoke of America’s anger and (7) ________ isolationism again. (7) ______.
In July, 1940, the Battle of Britain began.
In the United States an aroused public rushed to buy (8) ________. (8) ______.
"God Bless America" began being sung at sporting events, school
meetings and at gatherings for bingo. In late
October the U.S. began (9) ________ men into the military. (9) ______.
But Charles Lindbergh believed that if the United States defeated Germany,
it would result in the (10) ________ of all European civilization. (10) ______.