America and the World

Question 1

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Answer 1

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Question 2

Mussolini and Italy

Answer 2

fascist government - nationalism - imperialistic - fear of communism - exploited fear of communism to return Italy to its former glory - blackshirts: fascist militia backing Mussolini

Question 3

Stalin and the USSR

Answer 3

1942 - Stalin and trotsky - Stalin had a 5 yr plan to industrialize the USSR - 4-18 mil. tons of steel from 1928-1937 - wages declined - family farms because collectives owned by the gov. - concentration camps - 2 mil people - 8-10 million people died under stalins rule

Question 4

Hitler and Nazi Germany

Answer 4

anti-communist - admired mussolini - fought in ww1 - nazi’s: nationalistic and anti communist - broke treaty of versailles - Hitler was arrested and wrote mein kampf - my struggle - calling for unification = said blonde blue eyed germans were superior - Jews are responsible for Germany losing ww1 - got nazi’s into Reichstag - became prime minister

Question 5

Militarism and Japan

Answer 5

bad economy - didn’t have enough money for imports bc of tariffs - blamed corrupt politicians - invaded to get resources - prime minister killed by chine when negotiating terms - military controls the country - 1931 invaded Manchuria, China - very wealthy region

Question 6

isolationism

Answer 6

became popular in 1930s - believed the US shouldn’t interfere in the war - or help out GB or Europe - bc believed that arms manufacturers brought them into ww1

Question 7

Nye Commitee

Answer 7

documented arm factories profits - Gerald p. Nye - investigated allegations abt arms bringing them into ww1

Question 8

Neutrality Acts

Answer 8

1935 - illegal to sell arms to other countries - 1936 - act to only buy things from the US - if other countries wanted things they had to send their ships to get things from the us

Question 9

Axis Powers

Answer 9

Japan, Germany, Italy - anti-communists - exchanged info abt communist areas

Question 10

FDR and Internationalism

Answer 10

1st priority - end GD - internationalist - trade between countries creates property and helps prevent war - wanted to help GB - FDR was against neutrality acts - but didn’t veto them - 1937 Japan attacks china and FDR helps china - no one declares war - so didn’t break acts

Question 11

Cash and Carry

Answer 11

US could sell nations to nations in the war as long as they paid in cash and had their own ships pick up the goods