| A | B |
|---|
| appeasement | foreign policy to give into an aggressor. |
| Neville Chamberlain | British Prime Minister who infamously stated that there would be "peace in our time" after meeting Hitler. |
| London Conference | 66 nations met to solve the worldwide Great Depression. FDR does not attend due to isolation. |
| Isolationism | Majority of Americans embraced this ideas as the means to keep the US safe. |
| militarists | the use of the military to control a nation. I.E. Japan 1930's and 40's. |
| Soviet Union | Formally recognized by FDR after a long silence to encourage trade and check Germany and Japan. |
| Good Neighbor Policy | FDR reduces US interventionist tactics in Latin America. They were pleased. |
| Reciprocal Trade Agreement | Got rid of Hawley Smoot Tariff and reduced damaging high tariffs with other nations. |
| Storm Cellar Isolationism | Idea that the US may be hiding from the winds of war at their own detriment. |
| dictatorships | oppressive, brutal regimes. I.S. Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, Spain |
| Adolf Hitler | Fascist Dictator of Germany. Aggressor and expansionist. |
| Benito Mussolini | Fascist dictator of Italy |
| Francisco Franco | Fascist dictator of Spain |
| Ethiopia | African nation invaded by Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. |
| Nye Committee | formed to investigate whether or not munitions manufacturers were pro-war, existing for the sole purpose of making more money and profits |
| Neutrality Acts in 1935-37 | no American could legally sail on a belligerent ship or sell or transport munitions to a belligerent, or make loans to a belligerent. |
| Spanish Civil War (1936-39) | Spanish rebels led by the fascist General Francisco Franco rose up against the leftist-leaning republican government. |
| embargo | Used by the US to try and force an end the Spanish Civil War |
| Quarantine Speech | By FDR. asked for America to stay neutral but to morally side against the fascist nations. |
| USS Panay | US ship sunk by Japan in 1937. |
| Holocaust | Systematic killing of Jews by Hitler's Final Solution. Genocide |
| 1938 Munich Conference | Allies agreed to let Hitler have the Sudentenland of neighboring Czechoslovakia. Six months later, Hitler took more. |
| nonaggression treaty | Secret agreement between Germany and Soviet Union not to attack each other. 1939 |
| Poland | Invaded by Germany in 1939. Reason France and England declare war on Germany. |
| Fall of France | 1940, Germany invades and takes over France |
| America First Committee | Americans who were passionately against entering the war in Europe. |
| Destroyer Deal | transfer 50 old-model, four-funnel destroyers left over from WWI to England and in return receive 8 valuable bases. |
| Lend-Lease Law | idea that US arms and ships could be loaned to warring allies and returned when no longer needed. |
| Soviet Union attacked | Germany is the aggressor and reneges on their promise. |
| Pearl Harbor Attack | Dec. 7th, 1941, US naval base attacked. Majority of Americans turn from isolationism to intervention. |
