Unit 6 - World War II and the Home Front

Pacifist

one who is against war or the use of violence

Neutrality Acts

4 laws passed in the late 1930's that were designed to keep the US out of international incidents.

Isolationism

A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs

Appeasement

Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict

Roosevelt

President of the US during almost all of WWII

Quarantine speech

The speech was an act of condemnation of Japan's invasion of China in 1937 and called for Japan to be quarantined. FDR backed off the aggressive stance after criticism, but it showed that he was moving the country slowly out of isolationism.

Cash and Carry

Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and transported them.

Lend-Lease Act

1941 law that authorized the president to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security

Arsenal for Democracy

slogan created by Franklin D Roosevelt in a radio broadcast delivered on December 29, 1940, promised to help British empire fight Germany by giving them military supplies.

Atlantic Charter

1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII and to work for peace after the war.

embargo (Japan)

FDR limited trade with Japan in response to the taking of China and Indochina