History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1661 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Atlantic Charter
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The idea
In August nineteen forty-one Roosevelt and Churchill met off Newfoundland and drafted the Atlantic Charter, renouncing territorial gain and promising self-determination.
In practice
Two leaders aboard a warship pledging the final destruction of Nazi tyranny, in the Yawp's quotation.
Where people slip
Its aims echo the Fourteen Points of unit eight. The United States was not yet at war.
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