shift in US policy

• By 1938,pacifist sentiments started to fade
• In 1939, after Germany's invasion of Poland, FDR called Congress into a special session to revise the neutrality acts
• In September 1939, "cash and carry" trade of arms was allowed with Great Britain and France
• By the 1940's, during a fireside chat, FDR declared that “[The US] must be the great arsenal of democracy”, meaning an industrial effort to supply material for the Allied war effort.