WWII Flashcards
Lend Lease Act
US neutrality abandoned: FDR has permission to give arms to Allies
LA helped with arms production= good for LA economy
Washington naval conference
- Limit naval armaments among 5 leading naval nations
- Participants agreed to NOT build any new bases in pacific
- Concerned about Japanese aims in china, reaffirmed Chinese sovereignty
Good neighbor ingredients
Non intervention, initiatives to promote commercial expansion/regional collaboration, “Pan-Americanism”: movement towards cooperation with north central and south Americas
Ex of good neighbor in Cuba
US helps over throw president Machado. 1934 US supports military officer Batista to overthrow president Grau who discouraged US relations.
Reciprocal trade agreements 1934
Guaranteed reduced tariffs and increased quotas for Cuban cash crops(sugar and tobacco)
Long term consequences:
Disallowed Cuban economic diversity, kept Cuban dependence on US
Good neighbor in Mexico
1937 Mexico nationalizes oil industry–US wants to intervene but can’t bc GN.
US wants compensation, Mexico wants land redistribution
“Hemispheric solidarity” is more important
Declaration of panama
Erected a “shield” against war by establishing a 300 mile security zone around north and South America and instructing belligerents to keep out
How did Mexico help war effort
Air bases
Mexican air forces & pacific campaign (Philippines)
Bracero program in US
How did Brazil help war effort
Geography and air bases (in the Atlantic) – stop over point for refueling of American Air Force
The Brazilian expeditionary force in Italy
The inter-American development commission
Bracero program
Promote “development enterprise”
Agriculture, transportation, public works, tourism
Inter American coffee convention
Hemispheric cooperation via coffee
Export import bank (Caribbean and Latin America)
Aid in financing and facilitating exports and inputs and the exchange of commodities between the US or its territories or possession and any foreign country
*Provides loans and banking to promote LA development
Inter American defense board
“Hemispheric war college”
Collaborative approach to a common defense
