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27 Cards in this Set
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U.S. isolation to involvement policy
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At first the United States held to their isolation and didn't want to be Later on Roosevelt started to break down the isolationism by reaching out to China and peace loving nations.
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Neutrality Acts
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An effort to keep the United States out of war: First two acts outlawed loans and arms sales to warring nations. The third extended the ban to nations at civil war in response to Spain.
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Lend-Lease Act
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Lending arms and supplies to nations whose defense was necessary to the security of the United States. Ex. Britain, The Soviet Union
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Cash and Carry
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A revision of the Lend-lease act. Allowed sale of supplies to warring nations if they paid in cash and shipped it back with their own transport.
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Causes of World War 2
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Terms of the Treaty of Versaille
Economic Depression Rising Nationalism and Dictators |
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Appeasement
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Giving in to pacify an aggresor.
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Dictators
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Leaders who take complete forced control over a nation.
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Reason for U.S. involvement
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To protect warring semocracies and to fight back against Japanes attack, Pearl Harbor.
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Blitzkrieg
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Lightning War-German strategy to take enemy by surprise and then quickly crushing them.
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Allied Powers
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Great Britain, United States, France, and the Soviet Union
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Axis Powers
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Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Allies Leader's
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U.S.-President F.D.R.
Soviet Union- Joseph Stalin Great Britain-Winston Chuchill |
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Axis Leaders
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Germany- Adolf Hitler
Italy- Benito Mussolini Japan-Emperor Hirohito untill 1941 Hideki Tojo |
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US War strategies
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1. Invade Axis controlled North Africa.
2.Supply Great Britain and The Soviet Union with arms and supplies DO NOT LET BRITAIN FAIL. 3. Invade Europe take power from Hitler and Germany. 4. Fight Japan in the Pacific by taking back vital islands for ivasion. |
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Manhattan project
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The developement of the atomic bomb.
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Homefront
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Women-Had to raise families and get jobs.
African Americans- More job opputunities. Could sign up for the war. War Bonds-Bought by civilians supported the war effort and soldiers. Rationing-Rations on food, rubber, and gas to conserve for the war. |
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Japanese Internment Camps
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Government believed that japanese Anericans on the west coast would conspire with Japan. Forced them to be confined to prison camps untill the end of the war.
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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Turning point on the pacific front. Was off the coast of Australia.
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Battle of Midway
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US was badly outnumbered but we won and destroyed a large part of the japanese navy.
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Battle of Britain
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An air bombing battle. German airforce constantly bombed London every night for two months. Britain fought back and won.
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Kristallnacht
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Jewish Buisnesses, homes, and synagougues were attacked by Nazis. Later the nazis blamed the jews for the destruction.
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The Battle of Stalingrad
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Germany invaded the U.S.S.R. city or Stalingrad after a brutal air, tank, and combat battle lasting fro spring of 1942 to january of 1943. USSR won but lost over 1,100,000 soldiers.
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D-Day
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The allies invaded Normandy, France in the largest land-sea-air battle. Casualties on many sides after 7 days of fighting allies controlled 80 mile strip of France.
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Battle of the Bulge
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Germans broke through weak American lines and went 600 miles into German territory. This was the last large battle with Germany and a turning point in the war bringing the Allies closer to winning.
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Island Hopping
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Island by Island allied forces took Japanese territory to get closer to Japan.
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V-E Day
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After hitler comitted suicide. Celabrated May 8, 1945. Victory in Europe Day.
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Holacaust
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The systematic genocide of over 11 million people over 6 million of which were Jews,
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