APUSH Ch. 35

International economic conference on stabilizing currency to solve Great Depression

nation to which the US promised independence in the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934

FDR's repudiation of TR's corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, stating good neighbor policy towards L. American countries

prohibited sale of arms to belligerents in a war; banned loans to belligerents; citizens cannot travel to countries at war or travel on armed ships; passed to prevent American involvement in future overseas wars

conflict between the revel Fascist forces of Gen. Franco and the Loyalist gov't; severely tested US neutrality; Mussolini and Hitler helped in order to use SP as testing ground for bombs

Roosevelt's speech 1937 that proposed strong US measures against overseas aggressors (Japan)

European diplomatic conf where GB and FR appease Hitler's demands for Sudentenland in Czechoslovakia

piece of land south Czechoslovakia; betrayed by GB and FR to appease Hitler in 1938 Munich Conference

term for the British-French policy of attempting to prevent war by granting German demands

group advocating US support for GB in the fight against Hitler

headed by Charles Lindbergh; isolationist group advocating that US focus on continental defense and non-involvement with WWII

law that made the US the "arsenal for democracy" by providing supposedly temorary military material assistance to GB

communist nation invaded by Hitler in June 1941 that was also aided by American lend-lease

US.-GB agreement of Aug 1941 to promote democracy and intentions for improvement post WWII; created by Winston Churchill and FDR in a secret conference

5 specific points of the Atlantic Charter

US destroyer sunk by German U-boats off the coast of iceland in Oct 1941

major American naval base devastated in a surpise attack in Dec 1941

FDR's Sec'ry of State who promoted Reciprocal Trade Agreement, low tariffs, and Good Neighbor policy

Fascist leader of Germany; started WWII under the "big lie"- belief that GER was stabbed in the back by Jews in WWI

Fascist dictator of Italy; sought to recreate a Roman empire; allied with Hitler in Roman-Berlin Axis; invaded Ethiopia; "Benevolent Dictator"

instigator of 1934 Senate hearings that castigated WWI munitions manufacturers as "merchants of death"

Fascist rebel leader against Spanish Loyalist gov't; helped by Hitler and Mussolini to become dictator of Spain

African nation invaded by Mussolini in 1935

Democratic nation betrayed at Munich Conference

invaded Sept 1939 by Hitler; set off WWII

seized by Hitler in 1940; pushed the US closer to direct aid to GB

leader of America First Committee; chief spokesman for US isolationism

dark horse Rep Presidential nominee in 1940; lost against FDR; attacked FDR for the third term attempt

courageous prime minister who led GB's lonely resistance to Hitler; involved with the secret Atlantic Conference

Russian dictator who first helped HItler destroy Poland before becoming victim of Nazi aggression in 1941; transformed RUS into a military power in 15 years

nation near whose waters US destroyers, namely USS Kearny, came under Nazi submarine attack

put Philippines on the road to independence

designed by Cordell Hull to increase American exports; reversed Hawley-Smoot Tariff by decreasing the tariff

alliance of Hitler and Mussolini

nation that acted against the Washington Naval Treaty in 1934 and walked out of London Conference

forbade any country that still owed US money from borrowing any more cash

formed 1936 by a group of Princton U students; anti-war group that mocked the early payment of bonuses to WWI veterans

formed to investigate whether or not munitions manufacturers and bankers were pro-war in WWI soley to make profit; increased anti-war atmosphere and push to pass Neutrality Acts

American gunboat bombed and sunk by Japanese in 1937; Japan apologized and sent $ to victims' families; unwilling to go to war, US forgave easily

strip of land demilitarized according to Versailles Treaty; invaded by Hitler

aka Neutrality Act of 1939; Euro nations (Allies) can buy war materials from US only if they provide transportation and pay in cash

meeting where US warned Germany that it could not take over orphan colonies in the Americas

first peacetime draft; trained 1.2 million troops

two leading Republican presidential candidate aspirants

unarmed US merchant ship torpedoed and destroyed by a German U-boat outside war zone; May 1941

Hitler-Stalin Nonaggression Pact; 10-year peace treaty; Russia can keep 1/3 of Poland when Hitler attacks it

term dubbed to the early phase of WWII; period of silence and inactivity in Europe after Hitler moved his forces from Poland and eventually attacked Norway and Denmark

established and reinforced by FDR to create good relations with L. America; nullied Roosevelt Corollary

independent farmers; Stalin ordered Collective Farming (crops go to Russian gov't)

anti-foreign; Japan until the 1840s

name of democratic govt of GER 1919-1933

Nazi party failed attempt to seize Munich govt 1923; Hitler emerges as a national hero when jailed

"lightning war"; German military warfare tactic

five "weaker" countries Hitler attacked before France (after phoney war)

France's wall of defense that only faced Germany and stopped at the Ardennes

thick forest on the border of France and Germany

British retreat after Ger attacks France

used by FDR in one of his fireside chats to persuade Americans to support Lend Lease Policy

July 1940-Dec 1941; air war between GER and GB

initially invented by GB to detect aircraft in the air; eventually used by all belligerent countries in WWII

german airforce

british airforce

Russian tactic; used against GER after GER attack June 1941; allowed Ger to conquer land to separate them from supply line and fall in trap of the brutal winter

Japanese admiral who planned Pearl Harbor Attack; Japan stealthily came in from the North

Pearl harbor attack; holiday time, Sunday morning

Sept. 1940- British gives US 8 base sites from Newfoundland to S. America; US trades destroyers;