The American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Twelfth Edition
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| 347984485 | Exchange rate | A set rate at which foreign currencies are exchanged with each other. | 0 | |
| 347984486 | Militarist | One who believes that their nation or government should possess a large amount of military power in order to gain power and influence. | 1 | |
| 347984487 | Totalitarianism | A system of government in which the state is given absolute power. | 2 | |
| 347984488 | Quarantine | The process of isolating a person or people to protect others (as from a disease or from war). | 3 | |
| 347984489 | Division | A section of a government in charge of a specific task. | 4 | |
| 347984490 | Unilateral | Describes a situation in which only one nation takes responsibility for an issue. | 5 | |
| 347984491 | Multilateral | Describes a situation in which multiple nations work together on a single issue. | 6 | |
| 347984492 | Steppes | A region in Russia with absolutely terrible and cold conditions | 7 | |
| 347984493 | Convoy | To accompany for/with protection; to escort. | 8 | |
| 347984494 | Warlord | An individual with both military and civil control over a country or other group. | 9 | |
| 347984495 | Hara-kiri | A Japanese term meaning ritual suicide; used by many Japanese soldiers during WWII. | 10 | |
| 347984496 | Cordell Hull | Secretary of State under FDR, helped to establish the Good Neighbor Policy. | 11 | |
| 347984497 | Joseph Stalin | Leader of the Soviet Union; one of the Big Three. | 12 | |
| 347984498 | Benito Mussolini | Came to power in Italy in the 1920's; made it a totalitarian regime. | 13 | |
| 347984499 | Adolf Hitler | Leader of Germany who came to power following WWI; led the Holocaust and Germany's bid for power in WWII. | 14 | |
| 347984500 | Francisco Franco | A fascist leader in Spain who led the rebellion during the Spanish Civil War. | 15 | |
| 347984501 | Winston Churchill | British Prime Minister during WWII; one of the Big Three. | 16 | |
| 347984502 | Charles Lindbergh | A big supporter of the isolationism foreign policy; joined the America First Committee. | 17 | |
| 347984503 | Wendell Willkie | Republican nominee in the 1940 election; went against FDR's third term. | 18 | |
| 347984504 | Reciprocity | A mutual agreement between two nations to engage in reciprocal trade. | 19 | |
| 347984505 | Isolationism | The U.S. practiced isolationism leading up to WWII; the citizens and government did not want to be involved in any foreign entanglements. | 20 | |
| 347984506 | London Economic Conference | A conference with 66 member nations with the purpose of finding ways to stop global depression, especially currency stabilization; FDR "killed" it when he pulled the U.S. out. | 21 | |
| 347984507 | Good Neighbor Policy | Advocated and carried out by FDR; a noninterventionist policy toward Latin American and Caribbean countries (no armed occupancy, etc.). | 22 | |
| 347984508 | Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act | Gave the president power to negotiate reductions in tariff rates up to fifty percent for countries who would perform similar actions. | 23 | |
| 347984509 | Nazi party | The National Socialist Workers party; came to power in Germany preceding WWII; led by Hitler. | 24 | |
| 347984510 | Rome-Berlin axis | Created the Axis Powers with an initial alliance between Italy and Germany. | 25 | |
| 347984511 | "Merchants of death" | A name given to businesses blamed with causing U.S. entry into WWII because they wanted to protect foreign investments in Britain and France. | 26 | |
| 347984512 | Nye committee | A committee established to investigate the alleged misdeeds of the "merchants of death". | 27 | |
| 347984513 | Neutrality Acts | A series of acts passed to ensure American neutrality; placed an embargo on and prohibited loans to belligerent nations; | 28 | |
| 347984514 | Spanish Civil War | Francisco Franco led fascist rebels against the established democratic government in Spain; the government received no help from the U.S. | 29 | |
| 347984515 | China incident | As Japan was engaged in war with China, four American ships were accidentally bombed and sunk by the Japanese (were evacuating U.S. officials). | 30 | |
| 347984516 | "Quarantine" speech | A speech made by FDR assuring Americans that he was pro-isolation and that a quarantine should be set up to protect the innocent from dangerous belligerents. | 31 | |
| 347984517 | Hitler-Stalin nonaggression pact | Germany and Russia signed an agreement to avoid war between the two nations; Poland was split up between the two. | 32 | |
| 347984518 | "Cash-and-carry" | A change made in the neutrality policy of the U.S.; said that any nations could trade with the U.S. as long as they carried provisions in their own ships; benefited the Allies because German ships could not get through Allied blockades. | 33 | |
| 347984519 | "Phony war" | A name given to a phase in WWII after Britain and France had declared war on Germany; neither side launched an attack for more than 6 months. | 34 | |
| 347984520 | Committee to Defend American by Aiding the Allies | Started by FDR with the purpose of overseeing loans made to Allied countries, as well as other financial activity involved with war. | 35 | |
| 347984521 | America First Committee | An intensely isolationist organization; gave powerful opposition to FDR's desire to intervene in WWII. | 36 | |
| 347984522 | Lend-lease | A program instituted by Congress initially allocating $7 billion to be loaned to Allied nations to be used in WWII. | 37 | |
| 347984523 | Atlantic Charter | A meeting between FDR and Churchill to discuss military strategy; made a statement afterwards condemning war and promoting collective security. | 38 |
