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45 Cards in this Set
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Treaty of Versailles
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Ended WWI, punished Germany for starting the war- no colonies, no tanks or heavy armaments
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League of NAtions
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Formed to prevent future wars
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Washington Conference
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US, GB, Japan, Italy, and France agreed to scrap all battleships under construction, promised not to build more
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Promised to settle disputes peacefully
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Fordney-McCumber Act
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High protective tariffs
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5 Power Pact
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limits on naval tonnage and armaments
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Nine Power Pact
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continuation of open door policy in China
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Four Power Pact
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US, Britain, France, Japan agreed to respect each other's territories and cooperate to prevent aggression.
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London Naval Conference
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Ban on battleships continued
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World Disarmament Conference
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France rejected idea of disarmament, called for an international army
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Neutrality Act I
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Cash-and-carry policy- countries could buy nonmilitary goods if they paid in cash and for transport
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Neutrality Act II
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Neutrality Act extended to weapons
US ships couldn't enter war zones |
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German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
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Nazi-Soviet alliance
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Lend-Lease Act
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President had the right to "lend" war materials to countries fighting against Acis
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Atlantic Charter
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Churchill and Roosevelt signed, statement of war aims, destroy "Nazi tyranny"
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4 Freedoms
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Roosevelt's "freedoms" that all humans should enjoy:
1. Freedom of speech and expression 2. Freedom of religion 3. Freedom from want 4. Freedom from fear |
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Hemispheric defense
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Convoy system designed by Stimson
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Burke-Wadsworth Act
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peacetime military draft
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Committee to Defend America
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William Allen White
Wanted increased assistance but no intervention |
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Fight for Freedom Committee
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Immediate declaration of war
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America First Committee
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Robert Wood
Anti-intervention |
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Tripartite Pact
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Loose Japanese/Italian/German alliance
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Battle of Coral Sea
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Prevented Japanese from getting a hold of Australia
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BAttle at Midway Island
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US victory despite great losses
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Bataan Death March
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Forced march by Japanese in Philippenes
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Guadalcanal
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Introduced to jungle warfare, beginning of island hopping
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa
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Bloodiest engagements in war, close to Japan
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Al Alimein
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British trying to protect Suez Canal, defeated Rommel
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Casablanca Conference
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FDR agrees to Italian "soft underbelly" invasion
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St. Louis,
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Jewish passenger ship of refugees, turned away in US
Breckinridge Long- assistant Secretary |
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Smith-Connally Act (War Labor Disputes Act)
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Required unions to wait thirthy days before striking, empowered president to seize a war plant under strike
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Anti-Inflation Act
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Authority to freeze agricultural prices, wages, salaries, rents
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Office of Price Administration
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Cut inflation by freezing in the Anti-Inflation Act, Chester Bowles
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NAtional War Labor Board
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Limited wage increases allowed the negotiated benefits , forbid workers to strike
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Revenue Act
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raised top personal income tax to 90%
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Department of the Treasury
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war bonds
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Fair Employment Practices Commission
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Roosevelt established to pacify A. Philip Randolph
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Pachucos
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wore "zoot suit", Mex-Am gang members
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LAtchkey children, 8-hour orphans
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Women had to leave children at home for hours on end
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War Relocation Authority
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"Relocation centers", interned Japanese Americans
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Korematsu vs. US
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Legalized relocation
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Executive order 9066
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Internment
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442 Airborne
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Japanese volunteers in airforce
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BAttle of the Bulge
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Final German counter-offensive
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D-Day
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victory in Eastern theater
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