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US Pre-WWII
US run up to WWII.
| Defintion | Term |
|---|---|
| Political ideology in which the nation and race are more important than individuals. | fascist |
| Complete control by the leader. | totalitarian |
| Policy in which one gives in to demands to keep from getting into confrontations. | appeasement |
| Lightning-War | blitzkrieg |
| Leader of the Nazi Party | Adolf Hitler |
| Leader of Italian Fascist Party | Benito Mussolini |
| War where Axis Powers tested their weapons against Communists. | Spanish Civil War |
| Who where the original Axis Powers? | Italy and Germany |
| The name of the Third German Empire. | Third Reich |
| Laws passed in the United States during the 1930's in an attempt to keep the country out of war. | The Neutrality Acts |
| The air war between Germany and Great Britain. | Battle of Britain. |
| A belief that the United States should become involved in the European War. | Interventionists |
| The belief that the United States should stay out of the European War. | Isolationists |
| The law passed that allowed the peace time draft in the 1930's. | The Selective Service Act |
| The law that was passed that allowed military supplies to be lent, leased, or sold to any country that was vital to the defense of the United States. | Lend-Lease Act |
| This International Agreement set the stage for the United Nations. | Atlantic Charter |
| a "date which will live in infamy." | Attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 |
| Victory with no concessions accepted from your enemies. | Unconditional Surrender |
| A war in which civilians are treated the same as the military. | Total War |
| June 6, 1944 | D-Day |
| Allied invasion of mainland Europe. | D-Day |
| Technology that used sound waves to find or "see" underwater objects. | Sonar Technology |
| Hitler's attempt to eradicate or kill off the Jewish population of Europe. Allies had heard of this as early as 1942. | the Holocaust |
| The code name of the United States' plan to build atomic weapons. | Manhattan Project |
| Germany's last big counter-offensive during WWII. It occurred in Belgium. | Battle of the Bulge |
| Great Britain's leader who stood up to Hitler. | Winston Churchill |
| French Leader who followed policy of appeasement. | Premier Edouard Daladier |
| Great Britain's leader who followed policy of appeasement. | Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain |
| Massive effort to pull English and French forces off of the Continent and back to Great Britain. | Dunkirk. |
| Government in France set up by Hitler to work with Hitler. | Vichy France |
| US policy of not acknowledging changes to countries borders due to force and aggression. Ex. Japan invaded China. | Stimson Doctrine |
| International Conference held to attempt to find ways to end global depression. FDR did not cooperate, this caused issues. | London Conference 1933. |
| FDR's attempt to mend relations between US and Latin America. Pulled troops stationed in various countries home. | Good Neighbor Policy |
| German Parliament. | Reichstag |
| Neutrality Act that prohibited loans from US to any belligerent nations. | Neutrality Act of 1936 |
| Neutrality Act that prohibited US citizens from traveling on ships of any belligerent nations. | Neutrality Act of 1936 |
| Neutrality Act that prevented the US from selling arms to any belligerent nation. | Neutrality Act of 1935 |
| Largest and best organized group in US that tried to keep us out of WWII> | America First Committee |
| Term used by FDR, meant US would supply the countries fighting the dictators in WWII. | Arsenal of Democracy |
| Policy where countries could buy war materials from US if they shipped the goods themselves. | Cash and Carry |
| 1920's Treaty that set borders in Europe, also set up guarantees against attack from Great Britain and France. | Treaty of Locarno |
| Attempt to fix the German War Reparation issue, helped in short term, but gave a lot of foreign influence into German economy. | The Dawes Plan |
| Allowed cash and carry of war goods and repealed earlier Neutrality Acts. | Neutrality Act of 1939 |
| French fortifications on German Border. | Maginot Line |
| Great Britain signed over islands in Caribbean for US Ships. | Destoyers for Bases |
| A derogatory nickname for arms munition companies after WWI. | Merchants of Death |
| 1937 speech by FDR, urged aggressor nations be isolated until they stop their actions. | Quarantine Speech |
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