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| 9709875643 | stimson doctrin | In 1932, the policy declared in a note to Japan and China that the US would not recognize any international territorial changes brought about by force. It was enacted after Japan's military seizure of Manchuria in 1931. | 0 | |
| 9709877783 | good neighbor policy | withdrawal of American troops from foreign nations (especially Latin America) to improve international relations and unite western hemisphere; Clark Memorandum (rebukes the "big stick"); peaceful resolution of Mexican oil fields | 1 | |
| 9709878832 | neutraility acts | prohibited aiding of belligerent nations, banned civilian involvement; limited power of president during international war, built up armed forces | 2 | |
| 9709883370 | pearl harbor | Japanese bombing of ships in harbor; resulted in FDR's request for declaration of war against Japan; Germany and Italy responded with declarations of war | 3 | |
| 9709884645 | yalta confrence | established world organization; Soviet Union pledged to allow democratic procedures in Eastern Europe; pledge broken, led to Cold War | 4 | |
| 9709887686 | facism | A system of government characterized by strict social and economic control and a strong, centralized government usually headed by a dictator. First found in Italy by Mussolini | 5 | |
| 9709890442 | appeasement | practice of giving in to an aggressor nation's demands in order to keep peace | 6 | |
| 9709896231 | axis power | The World War II alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan | 7 | |
| 9709897638 | manhattan project | Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb. Much of the early research was done in New York City by refugee physicists in the United States. | 8 | |
| 9709900032 | cash and carry | 1.Part of the Neutrality Acts of 1937 (1) where the U.S. continued the sell of goods to all nations (1) yet they must pay in cash at time of purchase (1) and transport their own goods (1), yet prevented the sell of weapons (1) | 9 | |
| 9709902049 | Korematsu vs. United States: | Japanese American (1) charged with violating (1) the executive order of internment (1). Brought his case to the Supreme Court (1) where it was stated that internment was a military necessit | 10 | |
| 9709903543 | Altantic charter | agreement signed by Churchill and Roosevelt (1) which outlined their post World War II plans (1) | 11 | |
| 9709914039 | Executive Order 9066 | order issued by FDR in 1942 allowing internment camps to be set up to exclude current residents believed to be a threat to security | 12 | |
| 9709918585 | How did the U.S. attempt to avoid involvement in World War II? | Avoid any involvement in European or Asian affairs and remain strictly neutral in future wars. Secure between two vast oceans, America didn't need any allies; it needn't rely on any other nation, and it could pursue its interests regardless of what happened anywhere else. | 13 | |
| 9709946808 | buffer zone | An array of nonaligned or friendly states that "buffer" a larger country from invasion. In Europe, keeping a buffer zone has been a long-term policy of Russia (and also of the former Soviet Union) to protect its western borders from European invasion. | 14 | |
| 9709951538 | Marshall Plan | a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) | 15 | |
| 9709963999 | Berlin airlift | A 327-day operation in which the U.S. and British planes flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded the city in 1948. | 16 | |
| 9709966079 | nato | A military and defense alliance formed by 12 countries in Western Europe and North America. And the first peace time alliance in US History and the most important for the past 60 years. | 17 | |
| 9711239126 | july 16 1945 | United States conducted the first atomic bomb test in the New Mexican desert. | 18 | |
| 9711245947 | august 8 1945 | United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan, devastating the city of Nagasaki. | 19 | |
| 9711251772 | august 6 1945 | United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima | 20 | |
| 9711262023 | Truman Doctrine | President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology | 21 |
