WWII vocab

Question 1

Good Neighbor Policy

Answer 1

Plan to reduce U.S. imperialism in Latin America.

Question 2

Neutrality Acts

Answer 2

a series of laws passed to try and limit the U.S. involvement in WWII(before we entered the war formal)

Question 3

Cash-and-Carry policy

Answer 3

Allies could buy non-weapons from the U.S as long as they paid cash and came and got the stuff themselves.

Question 4

Destroyer-of-Bases policy

Answer 4

The U.S. gave great Britain old warships in exchange for the right to establish military bases.

Question 5

Lend-Lease Policy

Answer 5

The U.S. lent arms to allies when they couldn’t afford to pay for them.

Question 6

Atlantic Charter

Answer 6

British and U.S. plan for the post-WWII world.

Question 7

Declaration of the United Nations

Answer 7

Alliance agreement between U.S., Great Britain, USSR, and China

Question 8

Mobilization

Answer 8

Getting things ready.

Question 9

Rationing

Answer 9

Limiting how much of something people can have.

Question 10

Bonds

Answer 10

Loans to the government.

Question 11

Scrap Drives

Answer 11

The government paid Americans for Scrap Metal for WWII.

Question 12

Victory Gardens

Answer 12

Americans were encouraged to grow their own food during WWII in order to save resources.