Unit 7 PLA Flashcards
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Neutrality Acts
a series of laws enacted in 1935 and 1936 to prevent U.S. arms sales and loans to nations at war
Good Neighbor Policy
U.S. foreign policy began by Presidents Coolidge and Hoover and continued by Franklin Roosevelt stating that the U.S. will continue a “nonintervention policy in Latin America”
Lend-Lease Act
a law passed in 1941
Totalitarian
a system in which the government totally controls all aspects of a society including the economy
Allies I
n World War II the group of nations—including Great Britain
Axis powers
the group of nations—including Germany Italy
Cash and Carry Policy of 1939
a provision that allowed warring nations to buy U.S. arms as long as they paid cash and transported them in their own ships.
Atlantic Charter
1941 declaration of principles in which the U.S. and Great Britain set forth goals in opposing the Axis Powers
Destroyers for Bases
In early September 1940 the U.S. traded 50 old destroyers for leases on British military bases in the Caribbean and Newfoundland.
War Production Board
an agency established during World War II to coordinate the production of military supplies by U.S. industries
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
U.S. army unit created during World War II to enable women to serve in noncombat positions
Rationing
a restriction of people’s right to buy unlimited amounts of particular foods and other goods often implemented during wartime to ensure adequate supplies for the military.
Manhattan Project
the U.S. program to develop an atomic bomb for use in World War II
Double V Campaign
a campaign in which African American leaders called for all citizens to fight against racism by seeking a ‘double victory’—a victory for democracy at home and abroad
D-Day
a name given to June 6 1944- the day on which the Allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during World War II
V-E Day
name given to May 8 1945
Internment
confinement or a restriction in movement especially under wartime conditions
Korematsu v. United States
the 1944 Supreme Court decision declaring that the government had the right to keep Japanese Americans in internment camps (p. 596)
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
an interracial group founded in 1942 by James Farmer to work against segregation in Northern cities
GI Bill of Rights
a name given to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act a 1944 law that provided financial and educational benefits for World War II veterans
United Nations
an international peacekeeping organization to which most nations in the world belong founded in 1945
