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A series of laws first passed in 1935 in an attempt to keep the US out of war. They forbade
arms sales or loans to nations at war and in civil war
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Know the reasons why dictators were gaining power in Europe
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Treaty of Versailles had failed, new democracies were failing, most countries were in
depression, the people of many nations were searching for new leadership no matter who it
was
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Who gains control in Japan
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What are the two sides in the Spanish civil war
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Fascists and socialists/those supporting democracy
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Which continent was the focus of Italy and why
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Africa specifically the country of Ethiopia because it is the last place with independent
countries
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What are the responses of the U.S. to what is happening in the world during the latter half of
the 1930’s(be specific)
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They remain isolationist/neutral. The U.S. focuses on who to blame for WWI. FDR tries to
spread some goodwill throughout the world in regard to foreign policy by recognizing the
Soviets, instituting the Good Neighbor policy in Latin America, trying to reduce tariffs, and
passing the Neutrality acts
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Why was there a cash and carry policy
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It was a loophole that FDR inserted into the neutrality acts so they could help some of the
countries that were being threatened by Germany and Italy and not violate their neutral
position
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Why the U.S. was isolationist
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Tradition, still feeling the effects of WWI, physical features of the country
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What was Roosevelt doing while Germany tried to rebuild its empire
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Roosevelt was trying to satisfy isolationists in the United States while trying to also prepare
for what he saw as the inevitable participation of the United States in a war
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Had young men register with the government in order to be eligible for a draft if one was
needed
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Lend‐Lease—what was it, who was it intended for, why did the U. S. have to do it
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Because the neutrality acts forbade the U.S. from selling arms to warring countries, FDR came
up with a plan that would let nations like the Soviet Union, England, etc..to rent or borrow
what they needed for war
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Atlantic charter and the Allies
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A declaration of war aims that Churchill and FDR came up with: collective security,
disarmament, self‐determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of the seas. The allies
were those countries fighting against the Axis
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Naval policy to fight off German submarine attacks
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What was Japan doing in Asia and Indochina
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Expanding its influence and empire
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Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
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Definition
The Japanese were trying to get the United States to stay out of Asia and deliver a message
that Japan was strong enough to stand up to the U. S.
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Most people were outraged and shocked. 5 million people joined the military
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How does the U.S. builds it membership in the military so quickly
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Volunteers, the draft, created a women’s auxiliary, accepted more minorities
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Which group of people gets a chance for the first time to join the military and why
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What happens to U.S. industry and the economy as it gets ready for war
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The government sets up agencies to help with production and inflation. It witches from a
consumer economy to a military economy. The economy gets out of the depression
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Who picks up the “slack” for men and how were they convinced
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Women. Through the skillful use of propagnda
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Term
How were scientists mobilized
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Definition
The OSRD gathered scientists and set goals and agendas for research and inventions for the
war effort
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Term
The decision to drop the Atomic bomb
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Definition
The united States government was concerned about the fact that the Japanese were
unwilling to surrender, that their culture made it difficult to surrender, that an invasion
would be costly and long especially without the help of the Soviets
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Term
What happens at Yalta and why did the meeting take place
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Definition
Stalin, Churchill, and FDR meet to discuss what to do with Germany once it was defeated.
They decide that Germany will be temporarily split into four sections and occupied, the
soviets would allow free election in Poland and other Soviet controlled countries, the Soviets
would in principle agree to the UN, the soviets would help in the war against Japan
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Term
What happens when soldiers come home
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Definition
The government allows them to go to school for free in order to get better jobs and be
reintroduced into society effectively to avoid getting into another depression
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Although many minority groups made gains, why did there seem to be a rise in racism
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Effects of the war time propaganda and the stress and struggles during war time
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Know the decision making process of why Japanese Americans were interned
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Thought Japanese Americans were committing acts of sabotage. They wanted to at first
remove all of them from Hawaii. The military insisted that it was the prudent thing to do, so
the government interned Japanese Americans to avoid any problems
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