| A | B |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | renounced war |
| isolationism | a desire to remain free from European conflicts |
| Good Neighbor Policy | U. S. promised only needed intervention in Latin American affairs |
| Stimson Doctrine | U. S. maintained Open Door policy with Asia |
| appeasement | practice of allowing Hitler to "take what he wanted" to avoid war |
| cash and carry | system by which nations bought goods from the U. S., but picked goods up on their own ships and paid only cash for the goods |
| lend-lease | process by which U. S. gave British "old" destroyers in return for lease of naval bases in the North Sea area |
| Sudetenland | area of Czechoslovakia Britain and Germany allowed Hitler to occupy under the Munich Agreement |
| German-Soviet non-agression pact | Germany and Soviet Union would not fight one another in war and would divide up Poland |
| September 1, 1939 | Germany invades Poland and World War II begins |
| December 7, 1941 | Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and U. S. enters World War II |
| Cordell Hull | Secretary of State under Franklin Roosevelt at beginning of World War II |
| Henry Stimson | Secretary of State under Herbert Hoover |
| Hirohito | Japanese emperor at beginning of World War II |
| Francisco Franco | Spanish dictator at beginning of World War II |
| Adolf Hitler | German dictator at beginning of World War II |
| Benito Mussolini | Italian dictator at beginning of World War II |
| Changes in foreign policy under FDR | reciprocity agreements with 29 nations, recognition of Soviets |
| Manhattan project | development of atomic bomb |
| sitzkrieg | sitting or Phoney war |
| blitzkrieg | lightening war |
| Hitler's basic battle strategy | stop counter-attack ability of the enemy |
| Battle of Dunkirk | flotilla of all types of vessels to transport troops, supplies, etc., across English Channel upon France's invasion by Germany |
| luftwaffe | German airforce |
| Battle of Britain | battle of the skies between Britain and Germany |
| RAF | Royal Air Force of Britain |