Chapter 34 Flashcards
Cordell Hull
He was secretary of state during FDR’s presidency. He believed in reciprocal trade policy of the new dealers as well as low tariffs. He led to the passage of the reciprocal trade agreements act of 1934 and he also believed in good neighborism
Joseph Stalin
He was a harsh and strict Communist dictator of Russia. One of the big three powers during World War II along with Roosevelt from US and Churchill from Great Britain. He constantly ask for a western front to be established to relieve the USSR during World War II
Benito Mussolini
He was the fascist dictator of Italy. He sought to create a new empire much like the Roman one. He became an ally with Adolf Hitler in the Rome Berlin axis and led his forces against the Allied powers in World War II. He was overthrown and beheaded in 1943 after the fall of Sicily during the war
Adolf Hitler
He was a very crude leader that took advantage of the disillusioned and depression stricken nation of Germany. After the Treaty of Versailles size blamed Germany for World War I Hitler led the nation into World War II under the big lie. He was a manipulative and fear dictator that vented his anger on the Jewish nation
Francisco Franco
With the help of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini he was able to overthrow the loyalist regime and became the dictator of Spain in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939
Neville Chamberlain
He was a British conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. He is best known for his appeasement foreign-policy and in particular for his signing of the Munich agreement and 1938 conceding the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany. What Adolf Hitler continued his aggression by invading Poland Britain declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939 and He led Britain into the first eight months of WWII
Winston Churchill
He was the prime minister of England during World War II. He was known as the bulldog Jawed Orator who gave his people the nerve to fight off the air bombings occurring in their cities. He was in favor of the eight point atlantic charter and was involved in the first conference. He was also one of the big three
Charles Lindbergh
In 1927 he was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in his plane the spirit of St. Louis. He later became ambassador of goodwill for the United States. American first Committee Leader.
Wendell Wilkie
He was the Republican presidential candidate versus Roosevelt in the election of 1940. He lost but put up a good race
Totalitarianism
A type of government where the government has complete control and the people are powerless
Isolation
The opposition of the involvement of the country and international alliances agreements etc. The US remained isolated in the 1920s because of the disillusionment meant in World War I. This isolationist sentiment was prevalent during World War II
Appeasement
A diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to an aggressor
London economic conference
It was a meeting of representatives of 66 natons from June 12 to July 27, 1933 at the geological Museum in London. Its purpose was to win agreement on the measure to fight global depression revive international trade and stabilize currency exchange rates. The conference was torpedoed by US Pres. Roosevelt In early July when Roosevelt denounced currency stabilization
Good neighbor policy
This is established by Herbert Hoover to create good relations with Latin America. It took much of the American military out of these countries also nullified the Roosevelt corollary.
Reciprocal trade agreement
the act was designed to raise American export and was aimed at both relief and recovery. Led by Cordell Hull it helped reverse the high tariff policy
