America First Committee (through Charles Lindbergh)

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The America First Committee was a prominent U.S. isolationist pressure group before World War II, best known for opposing American entry into the conflict and for the involvement of aviator Charles Lindbergh as its leading spokesman.

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instanceOf aviator ⓘ
isolationist organization ⓘ
political pressure group ⓘ
activeDuring World War II pre-entry period ⓘ
advocated U.S. neutrality in World War II through the America First Committee ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
criticizedFor alleged sympathy toward Axis powers ⓘ
perceived antisemitism in Charles Lindbergh’s speeches ⓘ
dissolved 1941 ⓘ
founded 1940 ⓘ
foundedBy R. Douglas Stuart Jr. ⓘ
Yale University students ⓘ
gaveSpeechAt America First Committee rallies ⓘ
hasKeyMember Burton K. Wheeler ⓘ
Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
Gerald Nye ⓘ
H. Smith Richardson ⓘ
Hamilton Fish III ⓘ
John T. Flynn ⓘ
Norman Thomas ⓘ
Philip La Follette ⓘ
Robert E. Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSpokesperson Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
hasSupportBase Midwestern United States ⓘ
business leaders ⓘ
some members of Congress ⓘ
students ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
ideology isolationism ⓘ
non-interventionism ⓘ
influenced later uses of the phrase "America First" in U.S. politics ⓘ
influencedBy interwar isolationist sentiment in the United States ⓘ
mediaStrategy mass rallies ⓘ
pamphlets and publications ⓘ
radio addresses ⓘ
membershipSize hundreds of thousands of members ⓘ
notableEvent Charles Lindbergh Des Moines speech ⓘ
linked to: Lindbergh
notableEventDate 11 September 1941 ⓘ
opposed American entry into World War II ⓘ
Lend-Lease Act ⓘ
linked to: Lend-Lease program

Roosevelt administration foreign policy ⓘ
positionOnAid opposed material aid that might lead to war ⓘ
positionOnAlliances opposed military alliances with Britain ⓘ
positionOnWar U.S. should build strong defenses but avoid foreign wars ⓘ
reasonForDissolution Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
U.S. declaration of war in World War II ⓘ
role leading spokesman of the America First Committee ⓘ
slogan America First ⓘ
supported American neutrality in World War II ⓘ

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Lindbergh family → associatedWithOrganization → America First Committee (through Charles Lindbergh) ⓘ
Charles A. Lindbergh → memberOf → America First Committee ⓘ
linked to: America First Committee (through Charles Lindbergh)