WWII 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. involvement in WWII (before we
formal got into the war).
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
The U.S. gave Great Britain old war ships in
exchange for the right to establish
military bases in Newfoundland & the
Caribbean
Lend-Lease Policy
The U.S. lent arms to allies when they
couldn’t afford to pay for them
Atlantic Charter
British & U.S. plan for post-wwii world
Declaration of the
United Nations
Alliance agreement between U.S., Great
Britain, USSR, & China, et al. in WW2
Mobilization
getting things ready
Rationing
limiting how much of something people can have
Bonds
Loans to the Government
Scrap Drives
The Govt. paid Americans for scrap
metal to use the materials for WWII.
Victory Gardens
Americans were encouraged to grow
their own food during WWII in order to
save resources
No-Strike Pledges
Labor Unions agreed not to strike
during WWII to keep production up.
Japanese Internment
100,000 Japanese-Americans were put
into prison camps during WWII
Atomic Bomb
most powerful kind of weapon
