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History 202
Study guide
Term | Definition |
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Isolationism | |
Appeasement | In 1938, German troops marched into Austria in yet another violation of the Treaty of Versailles. |
Atlantic Charter | This was an agreement forged in August, 1941 between FDR and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. These meetings, in Argentina Bay off the coast of Newfoundland, cemented the friendship between Churchill and Roosevelt |
Pearl Harbor | In a surprise attack on December 7, 1941, they attacked much of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii. Japanese aircraft sank or destroyed or battered 19 ships |
Neutrality Act | President Roosevelt thought he should have the power to selectively use embargo's against aggressor nations, but the neutrality act of 1936 denied him that power |
1936 Quarantine Speech | Roosevelt calls for a quarantine against aggressor nations "like a quarantine against the spread of disease. Represents a call for COLLECTIVE ACTION |
Lend Lease Act | The Loaning of material and soldiers to allies |
Arsenal of Democracy | President FDR stated this for meaning while not actually fighting we aid supplies and material |
Stimson Doctrine | The U.S. refused to recognize violations of its Open-Door policy, dismemberment of China, violation of American rights, or breaches of the Kellog-Briand Pact which outlawed war and was ratified by the U.S. in 1929 |
A. Phillip Randolph | A. Philip Randolph fought for racial justice, and was an advocate of greater militancy on the part of African-Americans |