American Isolationism
America Enters the War
Mobilizing for War
Building an Army
Early Battles and Life on the Home Front
100
What held hearings to investigate the country's involvement in World War 1
What is the Nye Committee
100
Roosevelt received rights to build American bases on British Territory for this
What is the Destroyers-for-Bases deal
100
The government signed this agreeing to pay companies whatever it cost plus a percentage of the profit to make new materials
What is the Cost-Plus contract
100
A plan for the first drafting of American Soldiers
What is the Selective Service and Training Act
100
Expansion of cities in the deep South created this
What is the Sunbelt
200
What advocated the belief that arms sales helped bring the US into WW1, this prevented the sale of weapons from America to any country at war?
What is the Neutrality Act of 1935
200
A staunchly isolationist group that firmly opposed American intervention or aid to the Allies
What is the America First Committee
200
The RFC is
What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
200
The idea that African Americans could overcome Hitlers racism and racism on the home front
What is the Double V
200
Mexican men wore this outfit called "unpatriotic"
What is a zoot suit
300
Germany, Italy and Japan were known as this in WWII
What is the Axis Powers
300
The US would be able to lend or lease arms to countries vital to the defense of America
What is the Lend-Lease act
300
Produced one-third of military equipment
What is the Automobile Industry
300
Helped women join the war effort in the Army
What was the Women's Army Corps
300
Internment camps were for this
What is the relocation of Japanese Americans
400
This required countries at war buying nonmilitary supplies from the US to buy them on a cash and carry basis
What is the Neutrality Act of 1937
400
This committed two leaders to a postwar world of non-agression economic advancement and freedom of the seas
What is the Atlantic Charter
400
War ships that were welded rather than riveted to hold up better under attack
What is Liberty Ships
400
Who won the battle of Anzio in Italy
What is the Tuskee Airmen
400
The project that created the Atomic bomb for the US
What is the Manhattan Project
500
The idea that trade between nations creates prosperity and helps prevent war
What is isolationism
500
The Japanese government bombed this US naval base
What is Pearl Harbor
500
These U.S. ships held up better in war than riveted ships
What are wielded ships
500
"They walk like freemen" A Czechoslovakian said this about which army?
What is the US Army
500
Allowed mexican farmers to come to America to compensate for American farmers in the war
What is the Bracero Program
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