Unit 17 Flashcards
term that sums up US foreign policy between World War I and World War II; refers to idea that US stayed out of world affairs
isolationism
Senate committee that said US entered WWI to make $ for bankers, munitions makers
Nye Committee (1934-36)
organization that mobilized US public opinion against WWII
America First Committee (1940)
plans that were meant to re-structure German reparation payments to France and Britain in 1920s
Dawes and Young Plans (1920s)
term to describe FDR’s foreign policy toward Latin America; among other things, it called for nullification of Platt Amendment
Good Neighbor Policy
term FDR used to refer to the US policy of supplying democratic nations (Great Britain) with war materials
“arsenal of democracy”
term Japanese used to refer to area they wished to control and exploit for raw materials in eastern hemisphere
“Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere”
term to describe British and French policy that allowed Hitler to take numerous territories in pre-WWII Europe without a fight
appeasement
said US would supply any nation with weapons if that nation paid cash and used own ships to transport weapons (favored Brits)
“cash and carry”, 1939
required registration of all men 21-35
Selective Service Act, 1940
Brits got 50 ships; US got bases in Caribbean
Destroyers for bases, 1940
Brits got all weapons they needed; US leased various British naval bases in Caribbean and Canada
Lend-Lease, 1941
agreement between US and Britain that affirmed US-British goals/alliance/special relationship
Atlantic Charter, 1941
Hawaiian naval base that was attacked by Japanese on 12/7/41; brought US into WWII
Pearl Harbor
government agency that converted and expanded US factories for wartime production
War Production Board
government agency that regulated prices to control inflation and implemented rationing
Office of Price Administration
government agency that emlisted famous filmmakers, etc. to promote idea that US was fighting for the “American way of life”
Office of War Information
African-American slogan that promoted idea of victory over foreign enemies and victory for civil rights at home
Double “V”
ethnic riots that resulted from influx of Mexican workers into Los Angeles in 1943
“zoot suit” riots
required all Japanese nationals and Japanese-Americans to be held in internment camps for duration of WWII
Executive Order 9066
Supreme Court case that upheld constitutionality of Executive Order 9066
Korematsu v US (1944)
the largest of the Japanese internment camps
Manzanar
term for female who worked in industrial jobs during war
“Rosie the Riveter”
code name for Allied invasion of northern France in 1944; also called D-Day
Operation Overlord
