Saturday, March 15, 2014

What event provoked FDR to authorize the sale of weapons to China, claiming that the Neutrality Act did not apply?

The event that provoked Pres. Roosevelt to sell weapons to
China occurred in 1937.  This was when Japan launched a full-scale war with
China.


Before July of 1937, Japan had been occupying
Manchuria, a region in Northeast China.  However, Japan had not yet actually invaded
China itself.  In July 1937, however, the Japanese started a war in which they invaded
China.  At this point, Roosevelt decided that something had to be done.  Roosevelt
announced that weapons could be sold to China.  He ruled that the Neutrality Act did not
apply because China and Japan were not technically at war.  This meant that it would be
okay to sell weapons.


So, the event was the 1937 attack on
China by Japan.

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