Chapter 23
What two actions were taken by the USA to maintain Isolationism?
Washington Naval Conference and Kellogg Brand Peace act
How did WW2 affect the USA?
Gas was rationed, Victory Gardens were planted, and women worked in factories
How did the US isolate itself from European conflicts directly after WW1?
By not joining the League of Nations
What started WW2?
When Japan invades China in the early 1930s then Germany kicked off the war by Invading Poland
Hitler and Stalin
What was a policy that the US had between WW1 and WW2?
Isolationism
How were Victory Gardens used?
To provide food for consumers and the other food goes to the Military
What was the "Good neighbor" policy in 1933?
To improve relations with Latin America
Who was the General how fought in the battle of the Bulge?
Battle of the Bulge
How did Hitler come to power?
By Joining, groups like the nationalist socialist German workers party then became chancellor of Germany.
What was the quarantine speech?
FDR told peaceful countries to act together to quarantine aggressors
How did the Federal Government mobilize to assist in WW2?
Force to Ration and Buy war bonds
Who were the Tuskegee airmen?
African Americans Involved in WW2
When did WW2 End?
September 2nd 1945
How did Stalin come to power?
By taking advantage of the people around him to get him high in the Russian Government.
What was US foreign policy in the 1930s?
Provide Military Aid to European Allies.
How did American Women contribute to the war effort?
By working in factories because men were out fighting the war
What replaced the Big Stick policy?
The Good neighbor Policy
Who were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan. Are the main Aggressors.
What pact did Germany and USSR Sign?
Non-Aggression Pact
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
A Isolationist
How did the USA take almost no damage to the war?
The US is isolated by its geography.
Cash and carry(1937) then Destroyer for bases deal (1940) then Lend-lease act (1941) what does this demonstrate?
The USA shifting from neutrality to war on the Allied side
Who were the allied powers?
United States, United Kingdom, Russia, France. Are the main combatants of the war.
who won the battle of Kursk?
USSR