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Explain appeasement.
giving into demands
Explain the nonaggression pact.
an agreement between Hitler and Stalin to not attack each other and split Poland.
Name the 2 cities that the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on.
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Define the term totalitarianism.
a government controlled by one person or a small group of people-where individual freedoms are withheld or non-existent.
What is the Selective Service Act?
Explain the contributions the Navajo Code Talkers had during WW2.
they used the Navajo language as the primary form of communication within the Pacific to overcome the problem of the Japanese intercepting the U.S. military communications.
Explain how joining the war got the U.S. out of an economic depression.
the need for wartime jobs/production reduced unemployment and in turn, increased consumer spending.
Explain what the Marshall Plan was.
a diplomatic plan to help countries rebuild after war in an effort to contain communism.
Japan said a major reason it attacked Pearl Harbor was
-the U.S. oil embargo against it
-the growing U.S. sphere of influence in the Pacific
-according to them, the U.S. looked like it was on a path toward war against the Axis Powers
Explain what Japanese-American internment was.
The U.S. government's decision to detain Japanese-American citizens following the attack on Pearl Harbor. None of the detainments were based on evidence, only paranoia following the attack.
Explain the Lend-Lease act.
What were 2 ways Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles?
-building up the military
-taking over land outside Germany's borders
Describe how the Treaty of Versailles (that ended WW1) punished Germany.
-reparations
-war guilt clause
-downsize military
-give up territory outside of original borders
Explain why FDR's foreign policy during the 1930s was focused on isolationism.
because the U.S. was in the middle of an economic depression.
How did many Jews in Germany respond to the Nuremburg Laws?
many they fled Germany in search of religious freedoms
What was the major outcome of the Munich Conference?
Hitler's land demands were appeased