Chapter 33 Flashcards
the london economic conference
66 nations hoped to organize a global attack on the depression
wanted to stablize the values and rates of exchange of currencies
As withdrew bc FDR wanted his own plan of inflation
collapse of conference strenghened nationalism
withdrawl from asia
As happy to give up the expensive phil
congress passed the tydings-mcduffie act to provide independece for phol after a 12 yr period of econompic and political tutelage
left phil to its fate while imposing ungernerous economic policies
japan less worried now that A was less of a threat
recongizing the socier untion
1933
motivated by hope of trade and desire to bolster SU as a friendly counterweight to japan and germ
good neighboring
fdr wanted to get latin a to help defend w hemispere
cooled off economic aggression
renounced armed intervention
last marines left haiti
released cuba from platt ammendment
relaxed grip on panama
nonviolent negotiations with mex over oil property
reciprocal trade agreement
created by secretary of state hull
popular in latin a
increased a export trade
low tariff policies
trade increased
foundation for future free trade
spread of totalarianism
stalin purged suspected dissidents
mussolini attacked ethiopia in 1935
hitler got supporters by capitalizing on the treaty of versailles and germ unemployment
hitler withdrew germ from league of nations in 1933 and began rearming
japan terminated washington naval reaty in 1934
japan withdrew from league of nations om 1935 and joined the axis 5 yrs later
us reacts to totalarinism
increased isolationism
didnt approve of the dictators byt thought the oceans gave them “immunity”
1934: johnson debt default act
condemning ymunitions manufacturers
seante committee creted to investigate munitions manufacturers in ww1 as a cuase of us going to war
shifted blame frim uboats to arms manufactureres as the reason A entered ww1
cused many as to illogically asuume thaqt if the profits could be removed from arms traddic, a wpuldnt go to war
congress issues neutrality
neutrality acts of 1935,1936, + 1937 said that when pres procliamed the existance of a foreign war, ni a could sail on an ememy ship, sell or trasport munitions to an enemy, or make loans to them
a travelling in war zones did so at own risk
ended the tradition of freedom of the seas
a would make no notice b/w aggressors and victims
actually helped the already armed dictaqtors
spain`
spanish civil war
spamih rebels under facist gen francisco franco wanted to overthrow the loyalist spanish regime
aided by hitler and mussolini
abraham lincoln brigade
gov continued official relations w/ loyalist gov, but congress ammended the neutralituy acts to include an arms embargo to both sides
franco won
japan invades china
1937
fdr didnt recongize it as a formla war so he wouldnt have to stop trade
quaratine speech
japan sinks a us gunboat but apologizes to avoid war
hitlger frows bolder
introduced cumplosory military service
marched into rhineland
killed 6 mil jews
new airforce
occupied austria in 1935
sudetenland
brithish and french appeasement of germany
crushed finland
took denmark and norway and then netherlands and belgium
start of the war
hitler-stalin pact gave hitler the ability to attack poland and W democracies
hitler invaded poland on sep 1, 1939 after they ewouldnt give up germ’s lsot territoryy
enf and france declared war
poland fell
a issued neutrality act of 1939
neutraliry act of 1939
a could avoid war debts and sinking of their ships
hurt china bc they were blockaded by japan
helped allies bc they coould control the seas
fall of franc
june 1940: france surrenderred after pressure form italy and germany
brits forced to flee from france
a worried that teh only femocrady left was eng
fdr called for an airfleet and a 2 ocean navy
conscription law passed in sep
havana conference: a and latin a agreed to uphold monroe doctrine
jewish refugees
pogroms, mob attacks
jossph goevvels speech caused kristallnacht
fdr created war refugee board
helping britain
battle of britian finally over when hitler prolonged his atatack
sympathies for helping british from radio news broadcasts through the committee to defend america by aiding the allies
american first committee against helping them
eng needed destroyers
sep 1940: fdr gave eng 50 destroyers from ww1 in exchange for 8 valuable defensive base sites
election of 1940
2 leading repub candidates: robert taft and thomas dewey but nominated wendell wilkie bc he was the onlu oe wjo could possiblt beat fdr
platform condemned the nre deal and fdr’s dictationship
fdr last min choice to return
wilike gave over 500 speeches
fdr defended new deal and prep for defense nd aid of allies
fdr won
dem majorities in congress remained the same
voters like fdr’s experience should war come
lend-lease
brit out of money
lend-lease bill
opposition from isolationists and anti-fdrs
a eneded up sending 50 bil worth of equipment
economic declaration of war
geared the factories for all-out war production
germ stated attacking us ships
hitler attacks the Su
june 1941: operation barbarossa
hitler attacks SU for their resources
fdr extends lend-lease to SU
SU army and russian winter stopped germ attack
atlatic conference
churchill and fdr met and created the atlantic charter
laid the groundwork for universal human rights
no territorial changes contrary to the wish of the inhibitants
affirmed rigt of peeps to choose their gov
disarment and peace of security
destroyers v u-boats
arms set to eng guarded by a warships
started sending lend-lease as far as iceland
u-boats attacked destroyers
fdr demmanded a shoot on sight policy
merhcnat ships could be legally armed and enter combat zones
japan
situation worsening
couldnt win china
dependent on shipments of resources from us
1940: 1st embargo on j-nound supplies
1941: freezing of j assets in the US and cessition of all waR supplies
a would reopen trade if japan left china
pearl harbor
dec 7, 1941
3000 casualties
aircrafts destroyed
battlefleet almost wuped out
germ and itlay declared wr on us on dec 11, 1941
