APUSh ch 27
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 clark memorandum | repudiated the roosevelt corollary |
| reuben clark | undersecretary of state |
| good neighbor policy | renounced imperialism in latin america |
| cordell hull | secretary of state |
| 5 power | treaty under sec of state hughes that limited battleships |
| 9 power | treaty vowing to uphold the open door policy |
| 4 power | treaty of pacific security pact |
| adolf hitler | dictator of german, wanted to unite all germans into a greater third reich |
| benito mussolini | dictator in italy |
| anti-comintern | pact by the 3 totalitarian countries against communism |
| senator nye | he banned arms sales and loans and sailing with belligerent ships |
| neutrality acts | set of acts that banned the sale of arms to nations at war and warned amerians about sailing on belligerent ships, all trade on cash and carry policy |
| hitler invaded poland | what officially started WWII |
| nazi-soviet pact | pact btwn russia and germany. russia gets a part of poland for nonagression with germany |
| cash and carry | system where belligerents could buy us war supplies but they had to pay in cash and transport it to their country |
| america first committee | protested drift towards war |
| white committee | committe to defend america by aiding the allies, lead by william white |
| wendell willkie | ran against FDR |
| lend lease | loaned goods and weapons to countries fighting against Axis |
| chinag kai-shek | leader of china, mad that allies focus on germany first so FDR keeps sending him supplies |
| triportite pact | confronted us with possible 2 ocean war |
| general hideki tojo | semi leader of japan who guids young ruler |
| pearl harbor | japan bombing of us island |
| rommel | led germany's afrika corps |
| combined chiefs of staff | directed anglo-american military oporations |
| declaration of the united nations | 26 countries pledged to fight together until axis defeated |
| gerorge marshall and dwight eisenhower | 2 army planners of the US, wanted to invade across english channel |
| douglas macarthur | US general based in Australia that led campain to go from new guinea to philippines |
| admiral nimitz | US admiral based in Hawaii who fought islands in central pacific |
| battle of midway | turning pt for US and Japan pacific war |
| donald nelson | headed WPB but no one went through him. This allowed buisnesses to have depreciation and tax credit that was out of control |
| james byrnes | headed office of price administration to regulate rations |
| a philip randolph | threatened a DC march against AA segregation in the military |
| FEPC | made by FDR, it banned racial discrimination in war industries |
| nisei | native born american-japanese |
| henry wallace | replaced harry truman as VP |
| sidney hillman | headed the PAC branch of the CIO which worked to register workers to vote |
| thomas dewey | repub canidate |
| d day | june 6th, invaded norway |
| general omar bradley | general who decimated the enemy on july 25th, crossed the Rhine on mar 7 |
| george patton | general who lead the thrid army which went across france, but was delayed at battle of the bulge |
| may 7 1945 | hitler surrendered |
| big three conference | roosevelt, churchill, and stalin meet in iran after war |
| yalta conference | the big three meet again and stalin refuses to let go of his plans but promises to eventually join war against the japanese |
| manhatton project | builting of the atomic bombs that were dropped in japan |
| henry stimson | secretary of war who advised the use of the atomic bombs |
| general tojo | ruled Japan since emperor Hirohito was too young |
| neville chamberlain | prime minister of england, made the munich pact |
| munich pact | appeased hitler and allowed him to take over the Sudatenland as long as that was the end of his expansion |
| non-aggression pact | Hitler and stalin aggreed to not fight each other at that time |
| stimson doctrine | us policy of just not recognizing the land hitler took |
| nye committe | senator lead group that urges isolationism. thought that banks and manufactors had made huge profits during the previous war |
| neutrality acts | attempted to keep america out of war by outlawing the sale or loaning of arms |
| destroyers for bases | deal where america traded outdated destroyers to england in exchange for naval bases in the carribean |
| general rommel | known as the desert fox. he lead the operation torch campain to fight in north africa. surrender at el alamein |
| anzio | bloody battle in italy |
| arsenal of democracy | Referred to America's Ability to supply its European allies with war supplies prior to the U.S. entry into WWII. |
| atlantic charter | 1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII amd to work for peace after the war |
| bataan death march | Japanese forced about 60,000 of americans and philippines to march 100 miles with little food and water, most died or were killed on the way |
| battle of britain | the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it |
| battle of coral sea | A battle between Japanese and American naval forces that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia. |
| battle of el alamein | 1942-British victory in WWII that stopped the Axis forces from advancing into Northern Africa |
| battle of leyte gulf | 1944 World War II naval battle betweeen the United States and Japan. Largest naval engagement in history. Japaneze navy was defeated. |
| battle of saipan | successful U.S.-led Allied invasion. Showed the suicide mentality of the Japanese, spreading terror. Massive suicide ever. Meant that US could reach Japan through air. |
| battle of stalingrad | Unsuccessful German attack, was the furthest extent of German advance into the Soviet Union. |
| battle of the atlantic | the fight for control of the ocean shipping lanes between U-Boats and Allied ships |
| battle of the bulge | WWII battle in which German forces launched a final counterattack in the west |
| cpi | distributed propaganda |
| ethiopia | African nation invaded by fascist Italy in 1935 |
| guadalcanal | first U.S. land victory over the Japanese, 1943 |
| good neighbor policy | FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations w/Latin America by using economic influence rater than military force in the region |
| iwo jima | One of the Bloodiest battles in the war, a fight to the death for Japanese soldiers, as the Americans were coming closer to Japan |
| kellogg-briand pact | an agreement between 15 nations outlawing war; eventually 48 other nations joined the pact; had no way of enforcing peace |
| kristallnacht | A night of violence and vandalism against Jews |
| okinawa | The U.S. Army in the Pacific had been pursuing an "island-hopping" campaign, moving north from Australia towards Japan. On April 1, 1945, they invaded . By the time the fighting ended on June 2, 1945, the U.S. had lost 50,000 men and the Japanese 100,000. |
| opa | set price controls, rations |
| operation torch | Codename for allied invasion of North Africa |
| quarantine speech | FDR's speech after Pearl harbor, need to stop the Japanese |
| selective training and service act | a plan for the first peacetime draft in american history |
| may 8, 1945 | victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered |
| sept 2, 1945 | Victory of Japan |
| wpb | Government agency that decided which companies would make war materials and how to distribute raw materials |
| zoot-suit riots | A series of riots that originated in Los Angeles between White soldiers stationed in the cities and Latinos. |
| chamberlin | gb prime minister. signed the munich pact |
| churchill | British Prime Minister who opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britain through World War II |
| de gaulle | Leader of the free french |
| eisenhower | Commanding General of the European Theater & D-Day, eventually the president |
| franco | led the army in the Spanish Civil War against the republic |
| patton | US commander in North Africa with rommel |
| truman | Elected Vice president in 1944; 33rd President, after FDR's death; led the U.S. through the end of World War II and beginning of the Cold War |
| oppenheimer | Father of the Atomic bomb |
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