APUSH - Chapter 24 Key Terms (Part I)

This was the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which prompted the U.S. to join WWII. The surprise attack was intended to cripple the U.S. naval fleet stationed in the harbor.

The America First Committee was a large Anti-War organization in WWII.

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill released an official declaration which defined the Allies post war plans.

The Bracero program lasted from 1941 to 1947, and it was an agreement between the U.S and Mexican governments to import Mexican agricultural workers to make up for a U.S. shortage of labor.

The naval battle of coral sea, fought in May of 1942, was the first battle in which the ships never directly saw each other and the first battle to include aircraft carriers. The battle was significant in that it was a long term victory for the Allies as the first major resistance to Japanese advances, and it also weakened the Japanese fleet aiding in the victory of the battle of Midway a few months after.

June 6, 1944 was the day that the combined Allied armies led a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. The assault involved millions of troops and workers and led to the liberation of France, and the ultimate end to the war.

Created in 1941 by FDR, this eliminated racial discrimination in the governmental defense industry.

FDR gave a speech describing the "four freedoms" which every human should be allowed: The freedom of speech, worship, freedom from want, and from fear. The speech was delivered in 1941, before Pearl Harbor and the U.S. involvement in the war.

This was the term for FDR's foreign policy towards Latin America. It centered around non-involvement in private affairs, but still maintaining good relations and trade.

Hiroshima & Nagasaki were the two Japanese cites which the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on to end WWII.

The U.S. employed a strategy in the Pacific where they would slowly advance by conquering island after island in small increments. This allowed for a supply chain and outposts to be set up throughout the Pacific.

During the war, about 115,000 Japanese-Americans in the U.S. were moved to live in internment camps. This event is widely criticized as a huge human right violation.