WW 2 Flashcards
Neutrality Act
A series of laws passed to try to limit the U.S. involvement in WW 2
cash-and-carry policy
Allies could buy non-weapons from the U.S. as long as they paid cash and came and got the stuff themselves.
destroyer for bases policy
US gave great Britain old war ships in exchange for the right to establish military bases in Newfoundland and the Caribean.
Lend-Lease policy
The U.S. lent arms to allies when they couldn’t afford to pay for them
Atlantic Charter
British and U.S. plan for a post-wwii world
similar to the 14 points
Declaration of the United Nations
Alliance agreement between U.S., Great Britain, USSR, and China.
Moblization
getting things ready
the US. had a huge plan for mobilzation
for WW2
Rationing
limiting how much of something people can have
butter, sugar, meat, gas, etc. rationed during WW2
bonds
loans to the government
Scrap Drives
The govt paid Americans for scrap metal for WW 2.
Victory Gardens
Americans were encouraged to make gardens
no strike pledges
Labor Unions agreed not to strike during World War 2 to keep production up
Japanese internment
100,000 Japanese Americans were put into prison camps during World War 2.
Atomic Bomb
most powerful kind of weapon
splits atoms to create a huge blast
creating during World War 2
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japenese cities where the U.S. dropped atomic bombs
