Ch.26 de history

Fascists in the 1920s Italy argued that

individuals must sacrifice their wants to the needs of the state

Hoover allowed who to do what?

allowed his secretary of state, Henry Stimson, to not recognize the Japanese takeover of Manchuria

Neither the Americans nor the Europeans were paying full attention to what?

to the events in Asia

The Nye Committee hearings in the 1930s popularized what?

the idea that a key factor leading the US into World War 1 had been the need to protect American bank loans to the allies (which were used to buy arms from US manufacturers

The neutrality legislation of the 1930s was based on what?

the assumption that the US could keep out of war by banning arms sales to countries at war

What was the Nonaggression Pact with Russia?

Stalin would allow Hitler to invade Poland, Stalin could then expand its western borders, by bringing in eastern Poland, the Baltic States, parts of Romania and Finland

What were Isolationists?

they had an opposition to war, opposition to political commitments to other nations, and they supported the Neutrality Acts

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

It assisted Great Britain after the fall of France (1940), President Roosevelt devised ways to provide aid without going to war.

What happened in the summer of 1941?

Japan stood to conquer all of Southeast Asia when it marched into French Indochina (Vietnam)

What was the Atlantic Charter?

it was a condemnation of Nazism. a commitment to the Four Freedoms. combined approval of Churchill and Roosevelt

Before Pearl Harbor, the US provided what?

substantial military aid to the British and Russians

After Allied forces in North Africa were halted at the Kasserine Pass, what happened?

General Patton regrouped them and masterminded an impressive string of victories

What was The Big Three?

Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin Roosevelt

What was Operation Torch?

the invasion of Africa

The Russian stand at where was successful? By the summer of 1942, who was attacked?

It was successful, though millions died. Moscow and Leningrad was attacked

Most Americans viewed war work for women as what?

as a temporary response to the war emergency

What was the War Labor Board and who established it?

It was established by Roosevelt, similar to an agency Wilson had created during WW1, to ease tensions between business and labor and end labor strife.

What was the Anti-New Deal coalition?

it moved to end many New Deal programs, and the president adapted to the new political environment

What was Operation Overlord and when did it happen?

It was D-Day and it happened on June 6, 1944

What was MacArthur’s plan?

to advance along the northern coast of New Guinea toward the Philippines (landed on the shore of Leyte and Tokyo)

Winston Churchill stressed what?

the balance of power to check the Soviets, achieved through military cooperation, which would guarantee peace

The Yalta Conference did what?

With respect to Japan, it provided the return of Russian territories