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World War II - AP US History II Flashcards

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2460306815"Good Neighbor" PolicyFDR declared that no state had the right to intervene in the affairs of another. US troops were withdrawn in Haiti and got rid of the Platt Amendment. International Relations were not abandoned, however military involvement was replaced with economic leverage.0
2460306816Benito MussoliniAs Italy's economy was destroyed, this man and his Fascist party acted as a dictatorship where he controlled business labor, persecuted Jews, and began to invade Ethiopia1
2460306817Adolf HitlerThis man and the Nazi party were still sour about the Treaty of Versailles, and imposed a brutal dictatorship in Germany, which included a "purification" of Jews and the re-arming and preparation for German invasion, an idea that went against the Treaty of Versailles.2
2460306818AppeasementA policy enacted by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain where he would appeal to the demands of Germany and the Nazi Party in an effort to avoid war3
2460306819Joseph StalinWhen Nazi troops invaded Czechoslovakia, Hitler reached out to this leader of the Soviet Union saying their nations would not fight once Germany invade it, and they would divide Poland, this all violating the Munich Accord.4
2460306820Winston ChurchillThis English Prime Minister before the World War began pleaded to America for aid, as Hitler had used the German Air Force to terrorize cities and civilians in the Battle of Britain5
2460306821"Lend-Lease"Roosevelt enacted this system for providing war materials to Great Britain. He said it was like lending a hose to a neighbor whose house is on fire. Taft said it was like lending chewing gum as in once you give it away you don't want it back.6
2460306822Atlantic CharterFDR and Churchill met to write up this document which assured self-determination (free trade and collective security) and condemned aggression.7
2460306823War Production BoardWhen organizing for war this board allocated materials , limited civilian goods, and distributed contracts to manufacturers.8
2460306824Office of Price AdministrationThe administration rationed scarce products and impose price controls to limit inflation9
2460306825Manhattan ProjectThe project that cost the US $2 Billion in researching and producing the atomic bomb, lead by J. Robert Oppenheimer.10
2460306826Operation OVERLORDFDR enacted this operation for the second front to open on Normandy on D-Day. This operation to appeal to Stalin's request after ignoring his demands and attacked Sicily, Italy. Dwight D. Eisenhower led the allies.11
2460306827Battle of the BulgeThe Battle into which Hitler threw his last reserves in Dec 1944 - The allies won putting Europe closer to the end of the war12
2460306828"Rosie the Riveter"This song was used to symbolize women war workers and encourage other women to work into the force.13
2460306829A. Philip RandolphThis man gained the compromise of FDR as he issued the Executive Order of 8802 prohibiting discriminatory employment in war-related work and establishing Fair Employment Practices Commission to enforce the policy14
2460306830BracerosTo relieve labor shortages, the US negotiated an agreement with Mexico to import these workers15
2460306831Internment of Japanese-AmericansFollowing Pearl Harbor, FDR signed an executive order authorizing the removal of anyone deemed a threat from military areas, where Japanese-Americans were forced to sell their lands at low prices and forced onto relocate centers enclosed by barbed wire16
2460306832Yalta AccordsStalin affirmed that he would attack Japan two or three months after Germany's surrender. He turned Poland into a pro-communist buffer one and then appease Churchill and FDR by promising "pro-westeners" in the Polish Govt. Also the United Nations was established.17
2460306833HolocaustThe Nazi's extermination of Jews18
2460306834Postdam DeclarationJapan denied this that warned them to surrender unconditionally or face utter destruction "The Atomic Bombs"19
2460306835Nuremburg LawsLaws Hitler enacted to discriminate Jews20
2460306836"Cash and Carry"This allowed belligerents to be purchase by allies on the condition they paid in cash and brought over the weapons themselves21
2460306837Tripartite PactA pact between between Germany, Japan and Italy22
2460306838Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity SphereThe reason Japan wanted to expand23
2460306839War Manpower CommissionSupervised the mobilization of men24
2460306840National War Labor BoardSupervised the disputes between management and labor25
2460306841Smith-Connally War Labor Disputes ActEmpowered the president to take over any facility where strikes interrupted war production26
2460306842Revenue Act of 1942Increased taxes for the rich and imposed income taxes on middle/lower class for the first time27
2460306843"The New Missouri Compromise"Harry S. Truman28

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