All Flashcards
What was the Washington Conference (1921)?
Limited naval arms races, focused on battleship ratios.
What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)?
A promise to avoid war, lacked enforcement.
What was the Dawes Plan?
US loans to Germany, who paid reparations, who paid US.
What happened in the late 1930s with totalitarian leaders?
Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo rose to power and expanded territories.
What was the significance of Japan invading China?
Signified the beginning of WWII in Asia.
What was the significance of Germany invading Poland?
It marked the official start of WWII in Europe.
What was the Selective Service Act (1940)?
First peacetime draft in US history.
What happened at Pearl Harbor in December 1941?
Japanese attack led to US entry into WWII.
What was the impact of the Neutrality Acts?
Restricted trade with warring nations.
What did the US declare after Pearl Harbor?
Declared war on Japan, Italy, and Germany.
What were the causes and effects of the Washington Conference?
Cause: Naval arms race. Effect: Limited battleship ratios.
What were the causes and effects of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
Cause: Desire to avoid war. Effect: Ineffective promise of peace.
What were the causes and effects of the Dawes Plan?
Cause: German reparations. Effect: Circular flow of money until the Great Depression.
What were the causes and effects of the Great Depression?
Cause: Stock market crash. Effect: Collapse of Dawes Plan, rise of extremism.
What were the causes and effects of the Neutrality Acts?
Cause: Desire to avoid WWI-like entanglements. Effect: Limited ability to aid allies.
What were the causes and effects of the Lend-Lease Act?
Cause: Need to support Allies. Effect: US moved away from neutrality.
What were the causes and effects of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Cause: Japanese expansion. Effect: US entry into WWII.
What were the causes and effects of the Good Neighbor Policy?
Cause: Desire for hemispheric unity. Effect: Improved relations with Latin America.
What were the causes and effects of the rise of totalitarian regimes?
Cause: Economic hardship, nationalism. Effect: Expansion, WWII.
What were the causes and effects of the Selective Service Act (1940)?
Cause: Increasing likelihood of US involvement in WWII. Effect: First peacetime draft.
What is 'Return to Normalcy'?
Harding's slogan; less European entanglement.
Define 'Totalitarianism'.
State control of all aspects of life.
What is 'Isolationism'?
Policy of staying out of international conflicts.
Define 'Neutrality' in the 1930s.
US policy to avoid involvement in foreign wars.
What was the 'Good Neighbor Policy'?
Non-intervention in Latin American affairs.
What is 'Cash and Carry'?
UK buys US war materials, pays cash, transports them.
Define 'Lend-Lease Act'.
US lends money/materials to Allies.
What was the 'America First' movement?
Advocated for US isolationism before WWII.
What is meant by 'Day of Infamy'?
FDR's description of Pearl Harbor attack.
What was the American Bund?
Pro-Nazi group in the United States.