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American Pageant 34
Trainor- AP United States History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| London Economic Conference | international economic conference on stabilizing currency that was sabotaged by FDR |
| Philippines | nation to which the u.s. promised independence in the tydings-mcduffie act of 1934 |
| Good Neighbor Policy | fdr's repudiation of theodore roosevelt's corollary to the monroe doctrine, stating his intention to work cooperatively with latin american nations |
| Neutrality Acts | a series of laws enacted by congress in the mid-1930's that attempted to prevent any american involvement in future overseas wars |
| Spanish Civil War | conflict between the rebel fascist forces of general francisco franco and the loyalist government that severely tested u.s. neutrality legislation |
| Quarantine Speech | roosevelt's 1937 speech that proposed strong u.s. measures against overseas aggressors |
| Munich Conference | european diplomatic conference in 1938 where britain and france conceded to hitler's demands for czechoslovakia |
| Appeasement | term for the british-french policy of attempting to prevent war by granting german demands |
| Committee to Defend America by Defending Allies | leading u.s. group advocating american support for britain in the fight against hitler |
| America First | leading isolationist group advocating that america focus on continental defense and non-involvement with the european war |
| Lend-Lease | controversial 1941 law that made america the "arsenal of democracy" by providing supposedly temporary military material assistance to britain |
| Russia | communist nation ivnaded by hitler in june 1941 to promote democracy and establish a new international organization for peace |
| U.S.S. Reuben James | u.s. destroyer sunk by german submarines off the coast of iceland in october 1941, with the loss of over a hundred men |
| Pearl Harbor | major american pacific naval base devastated in a surprise attack in december 1941 |
| Cordell Hull | fdr's secretary of state, who promoted reciprocal trade agreements, especially with latin america |
| Adolf Hitler | fanatical fascist leader of germany whose aggressions forced the united states to abandon its neutrality |
| Benito Mussolini | the lesser partner of the rome-berlin axis who invaded ethiopia and joined the war against france and britain |
| Gerald Nye | instigator of 1934 senate hearings that castigated world war I munitions manufacturers as "merchants of death" |
| Francisco Franco | fascist rebel against the spanish loyalist government |
| Ethiopia | african nation invaded by an italian dictator in 1935 |
| Czechoslovakia | small east european democracy betrayed into hitler's hands at munich |
| Poland | east european nation whose september 1939 invasion by hitler set off world war II in europe |
| France | nation whose sudden fall to hitler in 1940 pushed the united states closer to direct aid to britain |
| Charles A. Lindbergh | leader of the "america first" organization and chief spokesman for U.S. isolationism |
| Wendell Willkie | dynamic dark horse republican presidential nominee who attacked fdr only on domestic policy |
| Winston Churchill | courageous prime minister who led britain's lonely resistance to hitler |
| Joseph Stalin | russian dictator who first helped hitler destroy poland before becoming a victim of nazi aggression in 1941 |
| Iceland | north atlantic nation near whose waters u.s. destroyers came under nazi submarine attack |
| Hawaii | site of a naval base where japan launched a devastating surprise attack on the united states |
| Atlantic Charter | u.s. british agreement of august 1941 to promote democracy and establish a new international organization for peace |
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