The freeze of assets was what did it. Some key points:
Henry L. Stimson -secretary of war Henry Morgenthau -treasury secretary Harold Ickes - Interior Secretary ...fire feeders
July 2, 1940 - "Export Control Act" enacted July 26th, 1941 - freeze of assets
The export act is what most consider as the tariffs(apparently)...but it was nothing of the sort.
Roosevelt's short coming was foreign policy. Most don't understand such and much has been ignored of such. He just was not good at it. He was an isolationist though...and considering what was....he gets a bit of a pass.
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