Chapter 33

Question 1

the london economic conference

Answer 1

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

Question 2

withdrawl from asia

Answer 2

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

Question 3

recongizing the socier untion

Answer 3

1933
motivated by hope of trade and desire to bolster SU as a friendly counterweight to japan and germ

Question 4

good neighboring

Answer 4

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

Question 5

reciprocal trade agreement

Answer 5

created by secretary of state hull
popular in latin a
increased a export trade
low tariff policies
trade increased
foundation for future free trade

Question 6

spread of totalarianism

Answer 6

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

Question 7

us reacts to totalarinism

Answer 7

increased isolationism
didnt approve of the dictators byt thought the oceans gave them “immunity”
1934: johnson debt default act

Question 8

condemning ymunitions manufacturers

Answer 8

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

Question 9

congress issues neutrality

Answer 9

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

Question 10

spain`

Answer 10

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

Question 11

japan invades china

Answer 11

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

Question 12

hitlger frows bolder

Answer 12

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

Question 13

start of the war

Answer 13

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

Question 14

neutraliry act of 1939

Answer 14

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

Question 15

fall of franc

Answer 15

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

Question 16

jewish refugees

Answer 16

pogroms, mob attacks
jossph goevvels speech caused kristallnacht
fdr created war refugee board

Question 17

helping britain

Answer 17

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

Question 18

election of 1940

Answer 18

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

Question 19

lend-lease

Answer 19

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

Question 20

hitler attacks the Su

Answer 20

june 1941: operation barbarossa
hitler attacks SU for their resources
fdr extends lend-lease to SU
SU army and russian winter stopped germ attack

Question 21

atlatic conference

Answer 21

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

Question 22

destroyers v u-boats

Answer 22

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

Question 23

japan

Answer 23

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

Question 24

pearl harbor

Answer 24

dec 7, 1941
3000 casualties
aircrafts destroyed
battlefleet almost wuped out
germ and itlay declared wr on us on dec 11, 1941

Question 25

meeting of 66 delagates to win agreement on measures to fight the Great Depression, revive international trade, and stabilize currency exchange rates.

Answer 25

london economic conference
july 1933

Question 26

military leader of japan

Answer 26

hidekitojo

Question 27

emperor of japan

Answer 27

hirohito

Question 28

agreement b/w j, italy, and germ to create a defense alliance between the countries and was largely intended to deter the United States from entering the conflict

Answer 28

tripartide pact
sep 1940

Question 29

cash and carry

Answer 29

neutraliry act of 1939

Question 30

policy’s main principle was that of non-intervention and non-interference in the domestic affairs of Latin America

Answer 30

good neighbor policy

Question 31

ongress granted the president the right to decrease or increase U.S. tariffs in exchange for tariff concessions by other countries.

Answer 31

reciprocal trade agreement act

Question 32

Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany.

Answer 32

rome-berlin axis

Question 33

act that prevented debt-dodging nations from borrowing further

Answer 33

johnson debt defualt act

Question 34

stipulated that when the pres proclaimed the existance of a foreign war, certain restrictions would alreadu go into effect. ie. no sailling on enemy ships, no selling or transporting munitions, and no making loans to enemies

Answer 34

neutraliry acts of 1935, 1936, 1937

Question 35

3000 men and women who volunteered to go fight in the spanish civil war

Answer 35

ambrahm lincoln brigade

Question 36

speech called for an international “moral quarantine” against the “epidemic of world lawlessness” by aggressive

Answer 36

quarantine speech
fall 1937

Question 37

night of November 9–10, 1938, when German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property after a speech from joseph grobbrld

Answer 37

Kristallnacht

Question 38

established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in January 1944, was a U.S. executive agency to aid civilian victims of the Axis powers.

Answer 38

war refugee board

Question 39

act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed “vital to the defense of the United States

Answer 39

lend-lease bill
mar 1941

Question 40

joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941. it provided a broad statement of U.S. and British war aims.

Answer 40

atlantic charter

Question 41

repub candidate for the election of 1940

Answer 41

wendell wilkie

Question 42

secratary of state that created the reciprocal trade agreements

Answer 42

cordell hull