history Flashcards

1
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Good Neighbor

Policy

A

Plan to reduce U.S. imperialism in Latin

America

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2
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Neutrality Acts

A

a series of laws passed to try to limit the

U.S. involvement in WWII

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3
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cash-and-carry policy

A

allies could buy non-weapons from the U.S.
as long as they paid cash and came and got
the stuff themselves.

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4
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destroyer-for-bases policy

A

U.S. gave Great Britain old war ships in
exchange for the right to establish
military bases

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5
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Lend-Lease Policy

A

The U.S. lent arms to allies when they

couldn’t afford to pay for them

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6
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Atlantic Charter

A

British & U.S. plan for post-wwii world

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7
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Declaration of the

United Nations

A

Alliance agreement between U.S., Great

Britain, USSR, & China, et al. in WW2

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8
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Mobilization

A

getting things ready

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9
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Rationing

A

limiting how much of something people can have

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10
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Bonds

A

Loans to the Government

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11
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Scrap Drives

A

The Govt. paid Americans for scrap

metal to use the materials for WWII.

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12
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Victory Gardens

A

Americans were encouraged to grow
their own food during WWII in order to
save resources

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13
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No-Strike Pledges

A

Labor Unions agreed not to strike

during WWII to keep production up

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14
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Japanese Internment

A

100,000 Japanese-Americans were put

into prison camps during WWII

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15
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Atomic Bomb

A

most powerful kind of weapon

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16
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki

A

Japanese cities where U.S. dropped

atomic bombs

17
Q

Embargo

A

Ban on trade with a particular country