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AP Chapter 34 and 35 WORLD WAR TWO

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1934 Reciprocral Trade AgreementIncreased US foreign trade as it lowered tariffs
IsolationsimAmerican foreign policy through most of the 1930's
Spanish Civil WarAmerica stayed neutral and Spain became a fascist dictatorship
Quarantine SpeechGiven by FDR. He outlined why the US should quarantine rising fascist governments BUT isolationists were not pleased and he backed down.
Munich ConferenceSeptember 1938. England, France, and other nations consented to allow Germany to take the Sudeteland from Czechoslovakia.
Non-Aggression PactAgreement between Germany and Russia that resulted in the invasion of Poland and the start of WWII
ConscriptionThe draft. First instituted after the dramatic fall of France to Germany.
American neutralityTo not take sided. US neutrality ends with the Fall of France and then the US lend lease program, cash and carry, etc. .
Pearl HarborInduces a declaration of war from the US against Japan then Germany and Italy.
Destroyer DealUS gives Britain 50 old destroyers in exchange for 8 naval bases around the world.
Lend LeaseUS loans money to cash strapped England and later to invaded Russia.
Two Front WarWar in Europe and the Pacific.
Pacific War FrontPlaced on the back burner until the war in Europe was going well.
Black MigrationAfrican American workers leaving the South due to the cotton picker and finding jobs in the northern cities.
Battle of the Coral SeaFirst naval battle in history in which all the fighting was done by carrier based aircraft.
Battle of MidwayThe turning point in the war for the Pacific as Japan began losing ground.
Island HoppingUS strategy of only taking back strategically held Japanese islands and bypassing Japanese strongholds.
Tehran ConferencePlans were made to open a second front in Europe.
Normandy InvasionD-Day. Led by General Dwight Eisenhower. Costly in lives but successful in reclaiming France from Germany.
Battle of the BulgeLast effort by Hitler to achieve victory agaisnt the US and Britain. Hitler lost.
Battle of Leyte GulfEffectively ended Japan's naval power.
Potsdam ConferenceWarned Japan that they either surrender or be destroyed.
Manhattan Project2 billion dollars spent by the US to develop the world's first nuclear power then used the knowledge to create the first atomic bombs.
Hiroshima and NagasakiThe two Japanese cities where nuclear bombs were dropped instead of a massive land invasion of Japan by the US.
Internment CampsFound mostly on the West coast, these camps housed Japanese Americans ostenibly for their safety but really because the military viewed them as a threat.
war machineTerm signifying the great change whereby the US economy went from being depressed to producing war materials at massive outputs.
MussoliniItalian fascist dictator.
Mein KampfHitler's book that describes how Germany will rise to power again. In English, the title means "My Struggle."
Neutrality ActsOccurred in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939. They all intended to keep the US out of war but slowly the acts showed a pattern of intervention.
cash and carryUS policy of allowing warring nations to purchase US munitions and supplies, even Germany. BUT England and France made sure German ships did not make it through.



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