WWII

Good-neighbor policy

A foreign policy approach by the US towards Latin American countries emphasizing non-intervention and cooperation.

Stimson Doctrine

US policy stating it would not recognize territorial changes resulting from aggression.

Isolationism/Nye Committee

US policy of avoiding alliances and involvement in foreign conflicts; Nye Committee investigated the role of arms manufacturers in pushing the US into WWI.

Neutrality acts 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939

US laws aimed at keeping the country out of WWII by restricting arms sales and trade with belligerent nations.

America First Committee

Isolationist group advocating against US involvement in WWII before Pearl Harbor.

Cash and carry

WWII policy allowing the sale of arms to allies who paid in cash and transported the goods themselves. It was used as a way to keep neutrality but also discretely help Britain

Destroyers-for-bases deal

Agreement between the US and UK exchanging US destroyers for British bases in the Caribbean.

Quarantine Speech

FDR's speech suggesting the need to quarantine aggressor nations to prevent war.

Four freedoms speech

FDR's speech outlining essential freedoms - speech, worship, want, fear - that people "everywhere in the world" should enjoy.

Lend-Lease Act

US program providing military aid to Allied nations during WWII.

Atlantic Charter

Agreement between FDR and Churchill outlining post-WWII goals for a peaceful world.

Pearl Harbor

Japanese surprise attack on the US naval base in Hawaii, leading to US entry into WWII.

War Powers Act

US law granting the President extensive powers during wartime.

Revenue Act

Legislation increasing taxes to fund WWII efforts.

Executive Order 8802 & 9066

Orders related to WWII; 8802 banned racial discrimination in defense industries, while 9066 led to Japanese-American internment.

Zoot Suit Riots

Racially-charged riots in Los Angeles during WWII involving Mexican-American youths.

Office of Price Administration

US agency controlling inflation and pricing during WWII.

Harry S Truman

Truman was the US President during WWII and won a surprising re-election in 1948.

Korematsu v

Supreme Court case upholding the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. This was due to the threat of security to the military because of the possibility that they could be spies.

Battle of Midway

WWII naval battle turning the tide against Japan in the Pacific.

D-Day

Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, a turning point in WWII.

Manhattan Project/atomic bomb

US project developing the atomic bomb during WWII.

Hiroshima/Nagasaki

Japanese cities where the US dropped atomic bombs, leading to Japan's surrender in WWII.

Rome-Berlin Axis