us history final Flashcards
American Isolation
national policy which prohibits american from entangling in other countries
Good Neighbor POlicy
latin american domestic affairs to themselvees only trade
Jesse Owens and Joe Louis
jesse owens was a black american and the first to win medals in the berlin olympics. joe louis was the first black American boxer and champion.
The neutrality acts
illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms, or other war materials to belligerent nations.
the atlantic charter
joint declaration issued during World War II (1939-45) by the United States and Great Britain that set out a vision for the postwar world.
- Cash-and-Carry
ended the arms embargo that had been in place since the Neutrality Act of 1936, and paved the way for Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease program.
The Lend-Lease Act
would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed “vital to the defense of the United States.”
- Pearl Harbor
bombing
- American Mobilization
peace group established in 1940 to oppose American aid to the Allies in World War II before the United States entered the war.
Rosie the Riveter
star of a campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for defense industries during World War II,
- Operation Torch
Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War.
- Operation Avalanche
ts primary objectives were to seize the port of Naples to ensure resupply, and to cut across to the east coast, trapping Axis troops further south.
- Operation Overlord
successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe
- Operation Dragoon
first full French army to participate in the liberation of France.
- The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German military offensive in western Europe.
- The Fall of Berlin
one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II.[f]
The Nuremberg trials
uncovered the German leadership that supported the Nazi dictatorship
- Post-War Occupation of Germany
the four main allies in Europe - the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France - took part in a joint occupation of the German state.
- Doolittle’s Raid
U.S. air raid during World War II that targeted major cities in Japan
- The Battle of the Bismarck Sea
it was a major World War II naval battle and a turning point in the war in the Pacific.
- Island Hopping
strategy targeted key islands and atolls to capture and equip with airstrips, bringing B-29 bombers within range of the enemy homeland, while hopping over strongly defended islands, cutting off supply lanes and leaving them to wither.
- Operation Detachment
capturing the island with its two airfields: South Field and Central Field.
- Operation Iceberg
take the island of Okinawa in preparation for the invasion of mainland Japan.
- Conformity
he process whereby people change their beliefs, attitudes, actions, or perceptions to more closely match those held by groups to which they belong or want to belong or by groups whose approval they desire.