s2 ww2 notebook notes

Question 1

neutrality act of 1935

Answer 1

prohibiting the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war” from the United States to foreign nations at war and requiring arms manufacturers in the United States to apply for an export license

Question 2

neutrality act of 1936

Answer 2

sought to close loopholes in the 1935 Neutrality Act. The 1936 Act prohibited the trade of war materials and forbade loans or credits to belligerents

Question 3

neutrality act of 1939

Answer 3

In 1939, after Germany invaded Poland, Roosevelt bypassed these restrictions by persuading Congress to permit the government to sell military supplies to France and Britain on a cash-and-carry basis—in other words, they could pay cash for American-made supplies and then transport them on their own ships

shows shift away from isolationism

Question 4

belligerent definition

Answer 4

nations that are at war

Question 5

what’s the destroyer base deal

Answer 5

The destroyers-for-bases deal was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom in 1940

we give them destroyers on loan in exchange for a lease on military bases

Question 6

how does roosevelt reach the public

Answer 6

fireside chats

Question 7

how are americans divided

Answer 7

pro-british - commitee to defend america by aiding the allies because the british is fighting our fight

america first - commite that america should concentrate on protecting their own

Question 8

why was congress against sending stuff to britain

Answer 8

because they were broke and we wanted to be paid back

Question 9

what’s the lend lease act

Answer 9

set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed “vital to the defense of the United States.”

Question 10

what did pearl harbor do

Answer 10

awake a sleeping giant

if us hadn’t entered the war britain would’ve fallen in weeks

Question 11

1940 tripartite pact

Answer 11

alliance between italy (mussolini) japan (tojo) germany (hitler)

Question 12

who was the emperor

Answer 12

emperor hirohito

Question 13

what was vietnam called at the time

Answer 13

french-indo-china but it had just been overtaken by japan

Question 14

the us responds to japan with the embargo act. why is that important

Answer 14

japan isnt a self sufficient country and majority of their supplies come from the us

Question 15

how are economic sanctions relevant

Answer 15

its a way to avoid war but make our side/view very clear

Question 16

when does hitler break the nonaggression pact

Answer 16

1941 so then soviet union joins the british

Question 17

the us faced war on 2 fronts. how did they go about that

Answer 17

us focused on germany because we need our allies

we did have a pacific fleet to contain japanese expansion

Question 18

what’s a command economy

Answer 18

an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.

Question 19

how did the labor pool expand because of the war

Answer 19

more jobs available so they opened it up to women and minorites

Question 20

why were daycares formed

Answer 20

because more women working so lack of childcare

Question 21

executive order 9066

Answer 21

all japanese people even babies are evil terrorists, lock em up

also happened to germany and italy but at a lesser extent

no apology until 1988

Question 22

what was the civil rights movement fighting for

Answer 22

racial inequality

Question 23

what are examples of civil liberties

Answer 23

free speech, free religion, right to protest, right to bear arms

Question 24

what’s the definition of genocide

Answer 24

systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious or cultural group

Question 25

who tipped us off that germany had resources for a bomb

Answer 25

a little guy who told albert einstein who then told us

Question 26

we don’t want the soviets to win even though they’re on our side because

Answer 26

we don’t want communism to spread

Question 27

how was germany split

Answer 27

east and west between communism and democracy all the way until the 1990s

Question 28

casablanca conference

Answer 28

fdr and churchill but no stalin because he’s fighting and he’s upset he’s taking the brunt of the battle

Question 29

the allies were conflicted on their next move. what did russia wants vs gb and us

Answer 29

us and gb wanted to go for italy but russia wanted to go into france to take pressure off russian soldiers

Question 30

who were the tuskegee airmen and why were they important

Answer 30

first african american military aviators in the us armed forces and they proved that they were just as good as everyone else and paved the way for other african americans

mainly pilots

Question 31

what did the tuskegee airmen initiate and why

Answer 31

the civil rights movement because of their mistreatment and they were like nu uh no more

Question 32

why is fdr important to the big 3

Answer 32

he’s the glue

Question 33

what happens to fdr in 1945

Answer 33

he has a sudden stroke and dies

Question 34

who takes over after fdr and why is that an issue

Answer 34

truman takes over but fdr has left him in the dark and stalin doesn’t trust him

Question 35

who was the supreme commander of dday

Answer 35

general dwight d eisenhower

Question 36

what’s the elephant in the room at potsdam

Answer 36

the atomic bomb isn’t mentioned so stalin is like why are we keeping me out of the loop because stalin knows about the bomb from his spies so their relationship disintegrates

Question 37

what happens to the big 3 at potsdam

Answer 37

it’s their last meeting

Question 38

what’s the manhattan project

Answer 38

bomb bomb atomic bomb lalllalallala

Question 39

when does ww2 end

Answer 39

sept 2, 1945