All Flashcards
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.
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.
Who was President Harding?
Advocated 'Return to Normalcy' after WWI.
Who was Hitler?
Totalitarian leader of Germany.
Who was Mussolini?
Totalitarian leader of Italy.
Who was Stalin?
Totalitarian leader of the USSR.
Who was Tojo?
Totalitarian leader of Japan.
Who was FDR?
President during the Great Depression and WWII, initiated the Good Neighbor Policy.
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
Leader of the 'America First' movement.
Who was Fritz Julius Kuhn?
Leader of the American Bund.