AP US History: World War II Flashcards

383094941	Stimson Doctrine	Declared that the United States would not recognize any territorial acquisitions achieved by force; instigated by Japan's conquest of Manchuria; marked failure of collective security
383094942	Neutrality Acts	Expressions of commitment to isolationism; drew support from Washington's Farewell Address
383094943	Lend-Lease Program	Authorized sale of surplus military equipment to the Allies; used to help Great Britain and the USSR resist Germany
383094944	Pearl Harbor	Occurred in response to the US's embargo on Japan-bound supplies; took place after Japan's negotiations with the United States had reached a stalemate
383094945	World War II Strategy	Strategy to first defeat Germany and then attack Japan; US couldn't allow Hitler to defeat Great Britain and the USSR
383094946	Good Neighbor Policy	US relations with Latin America; renounced the right to intervene in Latin America; sought greater cooperation with the nations of Latin America to guard against fascism
383094947	Philippines	US promised to grant their independence; did so in 1946
383094948	Big Three	Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt; demanded surrender of Germany and Japan; held final meeting at Yalta in February of 1945; presence of Soviet troops in Poland limited Roosevelt's option
383094949	Military Spending	Revived US economy and decreased unemployment; helped US emerge from Great Depression
383094950	Price Controls	Used during war to halt inflation; also established a rationing system on consumer goods
383094951	African Americans	Continued moving from the South to the North and West; helped by Roosevelt's act preventing discrimination in defense industries
383094952	Rosie the Riveter	Nickname given during World War II to American women who did industrial work in the 1940s; brought many who were married into the work force
383094953	Internment	Japanese Americans were sent to relocation centers during the war on charge they were a potential security threat
383094954	Korematsu v. United States	Challenged constitutionality of internment of Japanese Americans; upheld its constitutionality as a wartime necessity
383094955	Manhattan Project	Plan to develop the atomic bomb; United States was the only country that had them
383094956	Atomic Bomb	Justified under assumption that using conventional weapons would lead to more American deaths; Japanese would surrender quickly; prevent Soviet intervention; and convince the USSR to be cooperative in postwar plans