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28 Cards in this Set
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Myth of Isolationism
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Critics of 1920's foreign policy that called Wilson's policy Isolationism. However history shows that America was involved more than ever before
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Washington conference of 1921
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Was an attempt to prevent a costly navy arms race between America Britain and Japan.
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Kellog-Briand Pact
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1928 was a "moral force" to prevent a war between 14 nations
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Circular Loans
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USA lent money to Germany, Germany paid off war debt to England and France. USA got money back from England and France.
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Economic Expansion in Lain America
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USA assisted expansion to work on building the infrastructure of the various countries
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World Disarmament Conference
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London January 1930 USA met with Britain and Japan to keep a cap on each others navy
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Manchuria
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An Island that Japan has had control of since 1905
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Failure of America's Interwar Diplomacy
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In the 1920's America had a forign policy based on volunetary cooperation that was not working
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FDR's Bombshell
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He sent a message repudiating the orthodox views of most of the delegates and rejected agreement on currency stabilization
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Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act
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1934 Roosevelt authorized the administration to negotiae treaties lowering tarriffs as much as 50% in return for recriprocal reduction by other nations
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Interamerican Conference
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December 1933 Secretary of State signed a formal convention saying "No state has the right to intervene in the internal r external affairs of another."
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Sources of Isolationism
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Internationalism had failed, the league of nations could not stop japan's agression in asia
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Neutrality Acts
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Were designed to prevent a reoccurance of the events that pressured the US into WWII. 1935, 1936, and 1937
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Failure of Appeasement
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The Munich accords and their appeasement failed because Hitler still occupied the remaining acres of czechoslovakia
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Cash and Carry
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Even though the US was neutral you could still buy arms and pick them up with cash in hand and using your own ships
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Fall of France
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France fell to the Nazi's on June 22 when the Nazi's marched into Paris
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Shifting of Public Opinion
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With France defeated and Britain threatened 66% of Americans believed that the US was the next target in the world
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America's First Committee
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Attracted prominent leaders of the nation. It was a pro-intervention group
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Wendell Willkie
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Was an unexperienced politician chosen by the republicans to oppose Roosevelt on forign policy
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Lend-Lease
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Allowed the government to not only sell but to also lend or lease arms to sanctioned nations
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Germany Invades the USSR
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June of 1939 Nazi Germany shattered the nazi-soviet pact and drove hard and deep into Russia
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Atlantic Charter
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Roosevelt and Churchhill of Britain create the charter to get certain common principals and get a better future for the world
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Tripartite Pact
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September 1940 Japan signed pact with Italy and Germany to create the Axis power and to help with the defence of eachother
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Tokyo's Decision for War
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Tokyo had made it clear that by Nov 27 they were not going to reverse their policy of agression tward China and American intelligence decoded that they were going to attack
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Pearl Harbor
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Japan attacks naval base in Hawii.
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Ethiopia
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In Oct 1935 Mussolini launched his long-anticipated attack on Ethiopia, The League of nations protested so Italy left the league
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Quarantine Speech
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Roosevelt reacted to Japan's aggression and gave a speech saying that the international community should quarrentine Japan.
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Munich Conference
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September 29 Hitler met with the leaders of France and Britain in Munch to resolve a conflit. Britain and France decided to give Hitler czechoslovakia in exchange for no more expansion
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