America First Committee
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When
hostiles commenced in Europe in 1939 the American people had no intention of
entering the war.
Americans started debating whether or not to go to war and get back
Not everyone wanted to go to war, so they
entered committees to debate the Americans who did want to go to war. Some were
troops, pilots, and Americans. “The evolution of the 
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“The debate went everywhere. It was on the newspapers, the radios, in
meeting halls, and across kitchen tables throughout the country.” Not all Americans were thoroughly convinced to not
go to war. America First and their supporters made speeches for Americans to
understand why the U.S. shouldn’t go to war. “America First made a speech on
September 11, 1941 entitled ‘Who Are the War Agitators?’”
During that day Lindbergh received the speech and went to
This speech provoked Americans to not go to war. Later the “AFC was looking for a useful opponent to prevent the U.S. to go to war. When they found Stalin, They knew he would be the useful opponent.” The AFC was wrong since “Americans continued arguing that the U.S. could not survive as a free and prosperous society in a world dominated by Hitler. The internationalists claimed that American’s security depended on the defeat of Germany, and called for providing whatever Great Britain and its allies needed to bring that about to save actual troops.” Not everyone was pleased with America First. There was still Gerald Ford, Lindbergh, and other American citizens. “Though most pacifists were not enthusiastic about America First, they would make other groups less acceptable.” One study concluded “the Stephenson’s efforts against the America First Committee in 1941” made it and Lindbergh fail to make the U.S. not go to war.