(World War Ii) How America Came To — страница 4

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bombed. They did not like the Axis?s non-democratic governments of dictators. The public did not like the aggressiveness of the Axis because they were attacking America?s allies. Most Americans before the war began were interested in their own problems, namely the Great Depression. They thought that the war did not have that much to do with America. The majority of Americans wanted to make it through the Depression, not make lives worse for themselves by getting involved in a war on another continent. Fortunately entering the war brought the US out of the Depression. Before Pearl Harbor was bombed President Roosevelt was trying to convince the country to become less isolationist. FDR did this by launching a propaganda campaign to persuade Americans to believe that issues in

Europe affected Americans also. Roosevelt thought that war with the Axis was inevitable for America. He believed that worsening of the economy in Europe would affect the US after the war: ?No realistic American can expect from a dictator?s peace international generosity or return of true independence or world disarmament or freedom of expression or freedom of religion?or even good business,? Roosevelt said. A dictator?s peace would bring no security for the US or any country and all the countries in the Axis were under a dictatorship. Roosevelt tried as hard as he could to convince people to go to war before Pearl Harbor. Prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, FDR got the country prepared for wartime again by building more equipment for the US and building up the military. The US

was ready to go to war. US Reactions towards Provocation As the United States did not want to go to war, we had to respond to the provocation of the Axis somehow. The US cut off trade with Japan and tried to reach some sort of agreement but could not. America sent army boats to protect Americans in China. Numerous Americans thought that the Axis had to be stopped before they could ?engulf? the world. FDR thought the only way to win peace was by fighting and winning the war. Roosevelt: ?Peace by fear has no higher or more enduring quality than peace by the sword.? FDR was right; appeasement did not keep the peace. Roosevelt thought it was time for war in October 1941 and repealed all the remaining neutrality acts leaving the US on the brink of war. FDR said, ??Only the thinnest of

lines separated the United States from war with the Axis.? FDR thought that non-involvement in war would not guarantee peace, because America could be attacked. Roosevelt said in his ?Quarantine Speech? that countries threatening world peace should be put under a political ?Quarantine? so that the ?cancer? does not spread. Franklin Delano Roosevelt seemed to have the right idea about entering World War II all along, but no one listened to him until going to war was absolutely necessary. The war could have been much shorter and less disastrous if the US came into the war directly at the beginning. Conclusion, Thesis: The United States Was Justified in Entering World War II If the United States did not go to war there could have been many times the damage . And to this day we still

might not have recovered, or in fact we could all be under supreme rule of one dictator. The possibilities are endless of what the Axis could have done. Nazis could have enslaved the world. Fortunately the United States made the wise decision to enter World War II. Between about 1938 and 1942 the United States put up with a lot of aggression from the Axis Powers to prevent further war and maintain peace. But as the Axis wanted to be world-dominators, there was no stopping them by peaceful means. As a result, the United States took actions after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and fought back to prevent the overbearing and aggressive countries from taking over the world. In conclusion, the United States was perfectly justified in entering World War II to save the world from these

three different monsters of society.