World War 2 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Scapegoat
Blaming others for your problems.
Totalitarian State
The government has total control of every aspect of peoples lives. Such as wages, sciences, sports, media, and religion.
Neutrality Acts
1935, banned arms sales or loans to countries at war. Congress also warned Americans not to travel on ships of countries at war.
Good Neighbor Policy
FDR withdrew American troops from Nicaragua & Haiti. He canceled the Platt Amendment.
Munich Conference
Hitler promised that Germany would not seek further territory once it had acquired Sudetenland.
Appeasement
Practive of giving in to agression in order to avoid war.
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Hitler and Stalin agreed not to attack each other. Secretly, they also agreed to divide Poland and other parts of Europe.
Biltzkrieg
Lightning war, swift attacks. Used by Germany against Poland.
Cash and Carry Plan
U.S. could sell arms to the Allies. The Allies had to pay cash for the goods & carry them on their own ships.
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the U.S.
War Production Board
helped factories shift from making consumer goods to making war goods.
Adolf Hitler
Leader of Germany who was a soldier in WW1.
Did any of the Axis Powers favor the Treaty of Versailles?
No, they were completely against it and constantly broke it.
Germany
- One political party (National Socialist German Workers Party aka NAZI)
- Killed millions of jews
- Blamed others for problems (scapegoat)
- Felt superior to others
- Strong emphasis on the military
Italy
- Leader: Benito Mussolini
- Political Party: National Fascist Party
- Want to be the Roman Empire.
- They invaded Ethiopia.
- Mussolini + veterans took over and built up the military.
- Became an alliance with Germany.
Soviet Union
- Leader: Joseph Stalin
- Communism
- Killed people who opposed them.
- Totalitarian State- the government has total control of every aspect of peoples lives. Such as wages, sciences, sports, media, and religion.
- Set up camps and filled them with people who opposed the government.
Japan
-Emperor Hirchito
-Military Dictatorship
-Economic Depression
I-nvaded China becuase they needed raw materials such as iron and coal.
-Goal: Control the Pacific
-Felt superior to others
-Soldiers will not surrender
American Isolationism
-As war was beginning overseas Americans were determined to stay out of war.
Japan Sparks War in Asia
- 1937- Japan began all-out war against China. Thousands of people were killed.
- American leaders felt it undermined the Open Door Policy, which promised equal access to trade in China.
War Begins in Europe
- 1938- Germany takes control of the Rhineland Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Sudentenland.
- To preserve peace, Britain and France agreed that Germany should have Sudentenland.
Invasion of Poland
- Hitler wanted control of Poland.
- Soviet forces seized eastern Poland & invaded Finalnd, annexed Estonia, Lithuania & Latvia. Stalin claimed that it was necessary to build up Soviet defenses.
U.S. Moves Towards War
-Congress approved greater spending for the Military & set up a military draft.
War Comes to the U.S.
The Japanese had seized most of China, Germany defeated France in 1940.
After Germany defeated France the Japanese signed an alliance with Germany & Italy.
The U.S. tried to stop Japanese aggression by refusing to sell oial & scrap metal to Japan.
The embargo angered the Japanese because they needed those resources.
Training for Combat
The Army, Navy, and Air Force built bases across the country. Recruits trained to fight in jungles, deserts, and towns.
Women joined the armed services although they were not allowed in combat. Many served close to the front lines.
