Ambiguities of the Neutrality Act | Atlantic Crossing

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WGBH GBH Masterpiece Atlantic Crossing allies Allied powers Axis powers destroyers for bases agreement neutral position Neutrality Act President Franklin D. Roosevelt Crown Princess Martha of Norway World War II FDR Franklin Roosevelt President Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt WWII Princess Martha Norway Denmark neutrality neutral countries Axis Allies Germany Nazis Nazi Germany Hitler foreign policy US foreign policy
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History-Social Science
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Ambiguities of the Neutrality Act | Atlantic Crossing

Learn how the Roosevelt administration aids the Allies in World War II while keeping within the boundaries of America’s 1939 Neutrality Act in this video excerpt from Atlantic Crossing | MASTERPIECE. Crown Princess Märtha of Norway confronts President and First Lady Roosevelt in the Oval Office to request aid for Norway to fight the Nazis. President Roosevelt uses the Neutrality Act to reject the request and is surprised when the princess cites tactics that the United States has used to work around the Neutrality Act and suggests the same be applied to her country.
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