WW2 Flashcards
Good neighbor policy
Plan to reduce U.S. imperialism in Latin America
neutrality acts
A series of laws passed to try to limit the U.S. as long as they paid cash and came and got the stuff themselves
destroyer for bases policy
U.S gave great Britain old warships in exchange for the right to establish military bases
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 post-ww2 world
Declaration of the united nations
alliance agreement between U.S. Great Britain,USSR,and China in WW2
mobilization
getting things ready for war
rationing
limiting how much of something people can have
bonds
loans to the government
scrap drives
The goverment paid americans for scrap metal to use in the war.
victory gardens
americans were encoureged to grow their own food during WW2 in order to save resources
no-strike pledges
labor unions agreed not to strike during world war 2 to keep production up
japanese internment
japanese-americans were put into prison camps during WW2
atomic bomb
most powerful kind of weapon
hiroshima and nagasaki
japanese citys where U.S dropped the atomic bomb