TheNeutralityofAmericanintheEarlyWorldWarII TheestablishmentoftheThirdReichinfluencedeventsinAmericanhistorybystartingachainofeventswhich culminatedinwarbetweenGermanyandtheUnitedStates.Thecompetedestructionofdemocracy,thepersecutionofJews, thewaronreligion,thecrueltyandbarbarismoftheNazis,andespeciallytheplansofGermanyandherallies,Italyand Japan,forworldconquestcausedgreatindignationinthiscountryandbroughtonfearofanotherworldwar. WhilespeakingoutagainstHitler'satrocities,theAmericanpeoplegenerallyfavoredisoutagainstpoliciesand neutrality. TheNeutralityActsof1935and1936prohibitedtradewithanybelligerentsorloanstothem.In1937thePresident wasempoweredtodeclareanarmsembargoinwarsbetweennationsathisdiscretion. AmericanopinionbegantochangesomewhatafterPresidentRoosevelt's“quarantinetheaggressor”speechatChicago (1937)inwhichheseverelycriticizedHitler'spolicies.Germany'sseizureofAustriaandtheMunichPactforthepartitionof Czechoslovakia(1938)alsoarousedtheAmericanpeople. TheconquestofCzechoslovakiainMarch,1939wasanotherrudeawakeningtothemenaceoftheThirdReich.In August,1939cametheshockoftheNazi-sovietPactandinSeptembertheattackonPolandandtheoutbreakofEuropean war. TheUnitedStatesattemptedtomaintainneutralityinspiteofsympathyforthedemocraciesarrayedagainsttheThird Reich.TheNeutralityActof1939repealedthearmsembargoandpermitted“cashandcarry”exportsofarmstobelligerent nations.Astrongnationaldefenseprogramwasbegun. Adraftactwaspassed(1940)tostrengthenthemilitaryservices.ALend-leaseAct(1941)authorizedthePresidentto sell,exchange,orlendmaterialstoanycountrydeemednecessarybyhimforthedefenseoftheUnitedStates.Helpwas giventoBritainbyexchangingcertainoveragedestroyersfortherighttoestablishAmericanbasesinBritishterritoryinthe WesternHemisphere.InAugust,1940PresidentRooseveltandPrimeMinisterChurchillmetandissuedtheAtlanticCharter whichproclaimedthekindofaworldwhichshouldbeestablishedafterthewar. InDecember,1941,JapanlaunchedtheunprovokedattackontheUnitedStatesatPearlHarbor.Immediatelythereafter,GermanydeclaredwarontheUnitedStates. One?item?occurring?before?1937?that?the?author?does?not?mention?in?his?list?of?actionsthat?alienatedthe?American?public?was_______.
A.theburningoftheReichstag. B.Germanplansforconquest. C.Nazibarbarism. D.the persecution of religious groups.正确答案A
