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Hostile actions or unprovoked attacks
Aggression
THis act allowed Nations at war to buy goods and arms in the United States if they paid cash and carried the merchandise on their own ships. It is how the U.S. Tried to appear neutral and remain isolated from the war.
Neutrality Act of 1939.
He was the leader of the Japanese military until he was tried for war crimes and hung in December of 1948.
Hideki Tojo
War in which Nationalist forces led by General Francisco Franco rebelled against the democratic Republican government of Spain.
Spanish Civil War.
African American squadron that escorted bombers in the air war over Europe during WWII.
Tuskegee Airmen
A theory of government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people. They have total control of your life.
Totalitarianism.
This was the agreement that created an alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.
Tripartite Pact.
He became the army's chief of staff in 1939. He used his quiet strength, negotiating skills, and planning genius to build a fight force as quickly as possible. As Secretary of State after the war, he devised a plan of aid, called the Marshall plan, to help Western Europe recover.
George Marshall.
American military base attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor.
He was a forceful leader greatly admired by troops under his command. he commanded U.S. tanks during WWI and quickly demonstrated his skill at leading mobile fighting units. During WWII he led U.S. troops in North Africa and Europe, sweeping rapidly across France and Germany in the closing months of the war.
George S. Patton, Jr.
This is the policy of granting concessions in order to keep peace. England tried it with Hitler but it didn't work.
Appeasement.
This is the pact signed by Great Britain and the United States that endorsed certain principles for building a lasting peace and establishing free governments in the world. The signed it on a boat in secret on the Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantic Charter.
He commanded American troops in the South Pacific during WWII. He accepted Japan's surrender to end WWII. In 1950 he became commander of UN forces in the Korean War.
Douglas MacArthur.
During WWII, this was the forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions led by the Japanese military.
Bataan Death March.
World War II measure that assured fair hiring practices in any job funded by the government. It was the 8,802 of its kind.
Executive order 8802
He served as assistant secretary of the Navy before running unsuccessfully for vice President in 1920. He was stricken with polio the following year. He became governor of New York and was elected President of the U.S. in 1932. He led the nation through the Great Depression and World War II until he passed away in office in 1945.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
This act passed in 1941 allowed President Roosevelt to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defense he considered vital to the safety of the United States.
Lend-Lease Act.
He was a fascist leader and dictator of Italy. HE was called Il Duce and established a totalitarian dictatorship that promoted extreme nationalism. He invaded Ethiopia and partnered with Germany During WWII.
Benito Mussolini.
This was the WWII battle that took place between Japanese and American aircraft carriers in may 1942, halting the Japanese advance in the Pacific.
Battle of Coral Sea.
The Manhattan Project.
This is what they called the group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan that fought the Allies in World War II.
Axis Powers.
This was the union of German and Austria in 1933
Anschluss
He was Prime minister of Great Britain from 1937-1940. To avoid war he signed the Munich pact with Germany, giving Hitler Czechoslovakia. This agreement became an infamous symbol for the failure of appeasement.
Neville Chamberlain.
This was the turning point of WWII in the pacific, in which the Japanese advance was stopped. The US broke their codes and figured out where they were going to attack and set a trap for them.
Battle of Midway.
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt.