WWI
A telegram Germany sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the US
Zimmerman Telegram
A policy of non-participation in international economic and political relations
Isolationism
Who were the Axis powers in WWII?
Germany, Italy and Japan
Japanese attack US Naval fleet in Hawaii causing USA to enter WWII
Pearl Harbor
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause
Propaganda
What are the four factors that lead to rising tensions in Europe?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism
A foreign policy characterized by a nation's willingness to participate and intervene in international situations, including another country's affairs.
Interventionism
Who were the Allied Powers in WWII?
Great Britain, France, United States and Soviet Union
USA offers military supplies to nations "vital to the defense of the US", ended US neutrality
Lend- Lease Act (1941)
The two theaters or areas of WW2
Pacific and European Theater
Authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I
A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition
Fascism
US tactic of taking over little islands bit by bit to get close enough to bomb Japan
Island hopping
First peace- time draft in American History
Selective Service Act of 1940
Name FDR's 4 Freedoms
1.Freedom from want
2.)Freedom from fear
3.) Freedom of speech/ expression
4.)Freedom of religion
A legal case in which it was ruled that government can limit free speech if the speech provokes a "clear and present danger"
Schenck V United States (1919)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously said that ______ was no longer a sufficient buffer
Atlantic Ocean
Allied troops landed at Normandy Beach to start liberating France from German Control
D- Day Invasion
The World War II era effort of black Americans to gain "A Victory over racism at home as well as victory abroad"
Double V Campaign
Government agency that set production priorities for the War during WWI
War Industries Board
A war effort that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries
Total War
A high tariff enacted in 1930 during the Great Depression. By taxing imported goods, Congress hoped to stimulate American manufacturing, but the tariff triggered retaliatory tariffs in other countries, which further hindered global trade and led to greater economic contraction.
Smoot- Hawley Tariff
FDR's order to place all Japanese Americans in Internment Camps
Executive Order 9066
Court Case that upheld the constitutionality of the relocation of Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity. Viewed by contemporary scholars as a flagrant violation of civil liberties
Korematsu V United States (1944)
Banned anybody from criticizing the government
Sedition Act (1918)