Chapter 23
After world war I what traditional policy did the Americans return to?
Isolation
Why did the government issue war bonds?
to raise the huge amounts of money needed to pay for the war
When did President Monroe issue the Monroe doctrine?
1823
The refusal of the U.S. to join the league of nations reflected a desire of the nation to?
Return to a policy of isolation
What happened at the Washington naval conference?
the leading world powers agreed to limit the size of their navies
Why did president Monroe issue the Monroe Doctrine?
The U.S. feared that Spain or other nations might try to reconquer these newly independent nations.
What did rationing do?
regulated the amount of goods a consumer could buy
When did the "big stick policy" start?
1904
What was the major goal of U.S. foreign Policy in the 1930s?
provide defensive weapons to our European friends
What was the good neighbor policy?
The U.S. agreed to not interfere in Latin Americans internal problems
What did Russia become after the Russian Revolution of 1917?
The worlds first communist state
When world war II ended which two countries emerged as superpowers?
The U.S. and the Soviet Union
When did President Roosevelt propose the Lend-Lease Act?
1941
What most accurately characterizes the policy followed by the U.S. in the years between World War I and World War II?
Isolation from European military conflicts
who rose to power as the fascist party seized power?
Benito Mussolini
What was the idea of Collective security?
that peaceful nations would band together to stop aggressors
What happened on June 6 1944?
D-Day
When did President Harding host the Washington Naval conference?
1921
Which tend in the U.S. foreign policy is shown by the passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939, the destroyers for bases deal, and the lend lease act of 1941/
increase in support for the allied powers
What happened on December 7, 1941? (airplanes and u.s. ships)
Pearl Harbor
In the 1920s what did Joseph Stalin do?
seized power and established a brutal totalitarian dictatorship
who started the voice of america?
OWI Office of war Information
When did the U.S. promote the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact?
1928
What are two actions taken by he U.S. before world war II that sought to maintain an isolationist policy?
Kellogg-Briand peace pact, Neutrality acts
What was created in 1942?(Office)
Office of war information