fdr and the road back

What events led the United States from isolationism to a commitment

to aid the Allies and what impact did it have on the home front?

FDR and the Road Back

Political Popularity

•Overcoming a Disability

•Use of Mass Communication

•Identification with those who were Suffering

•Experimentation and Reform

From Isolationism to a Commitment

to the Allies

•Cash and Carry and the Neutrality

Laws

•The Sitzkrieg

•Charles Lindbergh and America First

•The Blitzkrieg

The United States Enters World War II

•The Third Term Campaign•Tripartite Pact•Destroyers for

Bases Deal•Lend Lease•Escorting

British Ships to Iceland

•A Backdoor to War

The Home Front

The Home Front

The Home Front

The Home Front

The Home Front

The Home Front

The Home Front

The Home Front

Film Segments

•The American Experience, FDR,

“The Return”

•History Channel, America, The Story of Us, “Bust” and

“World War II”

•PBS, Baseball, “Shadow Ball”

and “War”

What events led the United States from isolationism to a commitment

to aid the Allies and what impact did it have on the home front?