Chapter 23
What are two things the United States did before World War II to maintain an isolationist policy?
Neutrality Acts, restricted immigration, raised tariffs, and insisted that their wartime allies paid back the war debts that they owed to the Americans.
What was a major goal of U.S. foreign policy in the 1930's?
To provide defensive weapons to our European friends
What is the most famous rock song of all time?
Comfortably numb - Pink Floyd
What did the role played by the Tuskegee Airmen indicate about race relations in World War II?
That African Americans were involved in combat operations during World War II
What argument does the San Francisco News use to support the removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast?
Military authorities saw them as a threat to national security
How did the United States refusal to join the League Nations reflect the nation?
"The people of Europe who are defending themselves do not ask us to do their fighting. They ask us for weapons to enable them to fight for their liberty and our security. Emphatically, we must get these weapons to them in sufficient volume and quickly enough, so that we and our children will be saved the agony and suffering of war which others have had to endure."
What was the foreign policy objective of President Roosevelt in this address?
To give military aid to our allies without sending troops
What is the most famous country song of all time?
Choices- George Jones
What effect did the end of World War II have on American women who worked in defense industries during the war?
Their jobs were taken by men returning from military service.
Victory Gardens were used by Americans in the war effort as a way to do what?
Raise more foo for home consumption
What most accurately characterizes the policy followed by the United States in the years between World War I and World War II?
Isolation from European military conflicts
What did the United States do to isolate itself from European conflicts after World War I?
The U.S. refused to join the League of Nations
What is the most famous rap song of all time?
I Used to Love H.E.R- Common Sense
In what way were the U.S. Supreme Court cases of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Korematsu v. United States (1944) similar?
Specific groups of people were targeted based on their race or ethnicity
What was the intent of a gasoline ration card that was issued by the U.S. government
To conserve key resources in wartime
It increased in support for the Allied powers
What was the primary reason that President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the "Good Neighbor Policy" in 1933?
To improve relations with Latin American nations
What is the most famous pop song of all time?
Thriller- Michael Jackson
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 is an illustration of the what?
The impact an even can have on the social and economic fabric of Americans
What happened to interned Japanese Americans during the war?
Many Japanese Americans lost their homes and businesses
1) Banning loans to nations at war
2) Prohibiting the sale of arms to nations at war
These governmental actions were similar in that each was intended to do what?
To keep the United States out of war
The Neutrality laws passed in the 1930's were based on the assumption that the surest way to avoid war was for the United States to do what?
What is the most famous r&b song of all time?
Lets Stay Together- Al Green
Cash and Carry 1937
Destroyer for bases deal 1940
Lend-Lease Act 1941
Which change in United States foreign policy is demonstrated by the passage of these acts prior to World War II
A shift neutrality to more direct involvement
What conclusion can be drawn from both of the documents?
Involvement in World War II brought about significant changes to American society