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Flashcards by AARON LACEY, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by AARON LACEY
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| Question | Answer |
| Good Neighbor Policy | Plan to reduce U.S. imperialism in Latin America Example of U.S. isolationism |
| Neutrality Acts | A series of laws passed to try to limit the U.S. involvement in WW2 (before we formal got into the war) Example of U.S. isolationism |
| Cash and Carry Policy | Allies could buy non-weapons from the U.S. as long as they paid cash and came and got the stuff themselves |
| Destroyer for Bases Policy | U.S. gave Great Britain old war ships in exchange for the right to establish military bases in Newfoundland and the Caribbean |
| Lend Lease Policy | The U.S. lent arms to allies when they couldn't afford to pay for them |
| Atlantic Charter | British |
| Declaration of the United Nations | Alliance agreement between U.S., Great Britain, USSR and China, et al. in WW2 Basis for modern UN (United Nations) |
| Mobilization | Getting things ready The U.S. had a huge plan for mobilization for WW2 |
| Rationing | Limiting how much of something people can have Butter, sugar, meat, gasoline, etc. were all rationed during WW2 |
| Bonds | Loans to the Government A way to put money into savings |
| Scrap Drives | The Government paid Americans for scrap metal to use the materials for WW2 |
| Victory Gardens | Americans were encouraged to grow their own food during WW2 in order to save resources |
| No Strike Pledges | Labor Unions agreed not to strike during WW2 to keep production up |
| Japanese Internment | 100,00 Japanese-Americans were put into prison camps during WW2 |
| Atomic Bomb | Most powerful kind of weapon Splits atoms to create a huge blast Created during WW2 |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Japanese cities where U.S. dropped atomic bombs |
| Embargo | Ban on trade with a particular country |
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