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31 Cards in this Set
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London Economic Conference |
A sixty-nation economic conference organized to stabilize international currency rates. Franklin Roosevelt's decision to revoke American participation contributed to a deepening world economic crisis. |
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Good Neighbor policy |
A departure from the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, the Good Neighbor Policy stressed nonintervention in Latin America. It was begun by Herbert Hoover but associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
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Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act |
This act reversed traditional high protective tariff policies by allowing the president to negotiate lower tariffs with trade partners, without senate approval. It's chief architect was of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who believed tariff berries choked off foreign trade. |
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Rome-Berlin Axis |
Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, and Fascist Italy, led by Benito Mussolini, allied themselves together under this nefarious treaty. The pact was signed after both countries had intervened on behalf of the fascist leader Francisco Franco during the Spanish civil war. |
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Rome-Berlin Axis |
Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, and Fascist Italy, led by Benito Mussolini, allied themselves together under this nefarious treaty. The pact was signed after both countries had intervened on behalf of the fascist leader Francisco Franco during the Spanish civil war. |
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Johnson Dent Default Act |
Steeped in ugly memories of World War I, this spiteful act prevented debt-ridden nations from borrowing further from the United States. |
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Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 |
Short sighted acts passed in 1935, 1936, and 1937 to prevent American participation in a European War. Among other restrictions, they prevented Americans from selling munitions to foreign belligerents. |
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Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 |
Short sighted acts passed in 1935, 1936, and 1937 to prevent American participation in a European War. Among other restrictions, they prevented Americans from selling munitions to foreign belligerents. |
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Abraham Lincoln Brigade |
Idealistic American volunteers who served in the Spanish Civil War, defending Spanish republican forces from the fascist General Francisco Franco's nationalist coup. Some 3,000 Americans served alongside volunteers from other countries. |
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Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 |
Short sighted acts passed in 1935, 1936, and 1937 to prevent American participation in a European War. Among other restrictions, they prevented Americans from selling munitions to foreign belligerents. |
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Abraham Lincoln Brigade |
Idealistic American volunteers who served in the Spanish Civil War, defending Spanish republican forces from the fascist General Francisco Franco's nationalist coup. Some 3,000 Americans served alongside volunteers from other countries. |
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Quarantine Speech |
An important delivered by Franklin Roosevelt in which he called for "positive endeavors" to "quarantine" land hungry dictators, presumably through economic embargoes. The speech flew in the face of isolationist politicians. |
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Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 |
Short sighted acts passed in 1935, 1936, and 1937 to prevent American participation in a European War. Among other restrictions, they prevented Americans from selling munitions to foreign belligerents. |
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Abraham Lincoln Brigade |
Idealistic American volunteers who served in the Spanish Civil War, defending Spanish republican forces from the fascist General Francisco Franco's nationalist coup. Some 3,000 Americans served alongside volunteers from other countries. |
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Quarantine Speech |
An important delivered by Franklin Roosevelt in which he called for "positive endeavors" to "quarantine" land hungry dictators, presumably through economic embargoes. The speech flew in the face of isolationist politicians. |
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Appeasement |
The policy followed by leaders of Britain and France at the 1938 conference in Munich. Their purpose was to avoid war, but they allowed Germany to take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. |
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Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 |
Short sighted acts passed in 1935, 1936, and 1937 to prevent American participation in a European War. Among other restrictions, they prevented Americans from selling munitions to foreign belligerents. |
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Abraham Lincoln Brigade |
Idealistic American volunteers who served in the Spanish Civil War, defending Spanish republican forces from the fascist General Francisco Franco's nationalist coup. Some 3,000 Americans served alongside volunteers from other countries. |
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Quarantine Speech |
An important delivered by Franklin Roosevelt in which he called for "positive endeavors" to "quarantine" land hungry dictators, presumably through economic embargoes. The speech flew in the face of isolationist politicians. |
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Appeasement |
The policy followed by leaders of Britain and France at the 1938 conference in Munich. Their purpose was to avoid war, but they allowed Germany to take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. |
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Hitler-Stalin pact |
Treaty signed on August 23, 1939 in which Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to fight each other. The fateful agreement paved the way for German aggression against Poland and the Western democracies. |
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Neutrality Act of 1939 |
This act stipulated that European democracies might buy American munitions, but only if they could pay in cash and transport them in their own ships. The terms were known as "Cash and Carry." It represented and effort to avoid war debts and protect American arms-carriers from torpedo attacks. |
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Neutrality Act of 1939 |
This act stipulated that European democracies might buy American munitions, but only if they could pay in cash and transport them in their own ships. The terms were known as "Cash and Carry." It represented and effort to avoid war debts and protect American arms-carriers from torpedo attacks. |
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Kristallnacht |
German for "night of broken glass," it refers to the murderous program that destroyed Jewish business and synagogues and sent thousands to concentration camps in the night of November 9, 1938. Thousands more attempted to find refuge in the United States, but were ultimately trend away due to restrictive immigration laws. |
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Neutrality Act of 1939 |
This act stipulated that European democracies might buy American munitions, but only if they could pay in cash and transport them in their own ships. The terms were known as "Cash and Carry." It represented and effort to avoid war debts and protect American arms-carriers from torpedo attacks. |
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Kristallnacht |
German for "night of broken glass," it refers to the murderous program that destroyed Jewish business and synagogues and sent thousands to concentration camps in the night of November 9, 1938. Thousands more attempted to find refuge in the United States, but were ultimately trend away due to restrictive immigration laws. |
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War Refugee Board |
A United States agency formed to help rescue Jews from German occupied territories and to provide relief to inmates of Nazi concentration camps. The agency performed noble work, but it did not begin operations until very late in the war, after millions had already been murdered. |
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Neutrality Act of 1939 |
This act stipulated that European democracies might buy American munitions, but only if they could pay in cash and transport them in their own ships. The terms were known as "Cash and Carry." It represented and effort to avoid war debts and protect American arms-carriers from torpedo attacks. |
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Kristallnacht |
German for "night of broken glass," it refers to the murderous program that destroyed Jewish business and synagogues and sent thousands to concentration camps in the night of November 9, 1938. Thousands more attempted to find refuge in the United States, but were ultimately trend away due to restrictive immigration laws. |
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War Refugee Board |
A United States agency formed to help rescue Jews from German occupied territories and to provide relief to inmates of Nazi concentration camps. The agency performed noble work, but it did not begin operations until very late in the war, after millions had already been murdered. |
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Lend Lease Bill |
Based on the motto, "Send guns, not sons," this law abandoned former pretenses of neutrality by allowing Americans to sell unlimited supplies of arms to any nation defending itself against the Axis Powers. Patriotically numbered 1776, the bill was praised as a device for keeping the nation out of World War II. |
