WWII Part 1 Flashcards
FDR issued a ___________ like I’m WWI.
Neutrality Proclamation
_____________ pressured FDR to support GB.
Churchill
Cash and Carry
GB would purchase weapons and they would pick them up. Would boost USA economy, but GB went broke.
What started Cash and Carry?
The Neutrality Act of 1939
Results of cash and Carry
Upswing from recession.
Solved unemployment rate.
Manufacturing UP!!
Fireside Chats
- 30 speeches
- Safer in banks than “under a mattress.”
- 35 million watched
Lend Lease Act.
- March 1941
- “Send guns, not sons.”
- Senator Taft said it was like chewing gum. “You don’t want it back.”
- Kept USA out of war while helping getting their job done.
Pearl Harbor Attack
December 7th, 1941.
Not a state yet.
Pacific fleet, but aircrafts and some battle ships were away.
-3,000 AMERICANS DIED
Pearl Harbor and Diplomats
It took 6 months to plan and a meeting the day before showed no signs of an attack.
The USA declared war when? Vote count?
Day after.
82-0
388-1.
Who voted against WWII?
Jeannette Rankin (First Female Congressman)
When did Hitler declare war on USA? Led to?
Two days after USA declared on Japan. Declaration of war on all Axis powers. December and June.
Draft used because needed ________ soldiers and noncombat roles. Population was ________.
15 mil, 150 mil.
WAVES
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service.
Women in the Navy.
What happened to consumer goods?
Less produced. Car manufacturers made trucks and tanks.
Japan invades Philippines
MacArthur unable to defeat with 20k USA and 100k Filipinos.
Battle of Dunkirk
May 26th-June 4th 1940
British allies of France lost. Civilian boats rescued them.
Hitler could have but didn’t kill them.
Battle of Britain
1940.
Air battles. Blitzkrieg. Considered a British victory.
How many civilians died in Battle of Britain?
90,000
Where did MacArthur fight the Japanese from?
Bataan
Why did they eat in Bataan
Mules and Monkeys
MacArthur was ordered to secretly evacuate to where?
Australia
Island hopping
Strategy used to break up Japanese control in the Pacific.
Battle of Midway dates
June 4-7 1942
Battle of Midway results
Sunk four aircraft carriers of Japan.
Admiral of Midway
Spruance
Battle of Coral Sea
First air and sea battle. Allies won.
Coral Sea Dates
May 4-8 1942
Pearl Harbor American Deaths
3,000
Lend Lease Act Quote
“Send guns, not sons.”
Dunkirk Dates
May 26th-June 4th 1940
