Wren US history ww2

What year did Japan Invade Manchuria?

1931

In 1935 Italys Fascist leader, Benito Mussolini “ll Duce” Invaded?

Ethiopia

Spanish Civil War also known as?

The dress rehearsal for ww2

The Spanish civil war had bombings of?

Civilian targets

Nationalists received support from who?

Germany and Italy

What did formations of armored vehicles get used for?

Predicting Hitlers Blitzkrieg

Invasion of Poland happened on what day?

September 1st 1939

After Agreeing ro non-aggression pact with ______ Hitler Invades Poland

Russia (Ussr)

_____ and _____ declare war against Germany

Britain And France

September 17th USSR invades and conquers a portion of _____?

Poland

Good Neighbor Policy

FDR attempted to improve relations with Latin American nations by calling for better cooperation and less U.S. military intervention

Neutrality Acts

laws concerned with foreign policy and trade that were designed to keep the U.S. out of WWII

What year was the 1st Neutrality Act made?

1935

1st Neutrality Act

• Prevented loans & arms sells to “belligerent” nations

What year was the 2nd Neutrality Act Made?

1937

2nd Neutrality Act

“Cash-and-carry”: Belligerent nations could buy American (non-war) products, but they had to pay cash and ship it themselves

2nd Neutrality Act

Prevented Americans from traveling on ships of belligerent nations

2nd Neutrality Act

Prevented American ships from transporting any weaponry to belligerent nations

2nd Neutrality Act

Gave the president the authority to bar any belligerent nation’s ships from U.S. waters

What year was the 3rd Neutrality Act Made?

1939

3rd Neutrality Act

Lifted the arms embargo – the U.S. could provide weapons to belligerent nations under cash and-carry

Destroyers for Bases

The U.S. gave Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for British naval and air bases

Selective Training and Service Act of 1940

First peacetime draft in U.S. history

1941 Lend-Lease Act

The U.S. would lend or lease materials including arms, to “the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United states.

American became the “_____ __ ______”

Arsenal of democracy

Atlantic Charter

FDR and Church met

Discussed military strategy

Laid out plans for post- war world

Japan continued to conquer other______ Countries

Asian

America placed an oil embargo on who?

Japan

Who received 80% of their oil from America

Japan

What happened on December 7th 1941?

Japan attacked U.S. naval bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; the Philippines; and Guam.

Japan also attacked…..

Thailand and British territories Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia

How many were killed from Pearl Harbor, and howm many where Injured?

2400, 1000

How many ships were destroyed or damaged?

19, including 8 battle ships

Executive Order 9066

Forced Japanese-Americans into concentration camps

1944: Korematsu v U.S.

“clear & present danger”; Supreme Court upheld internment policy

How many enlisted in the military and how many were drafted?

5 million, 10 million

• Nurses • Radio operators • Ambulance drivers • Pilots are all roles that who had and what was the name of the corp?

Women’s Auxiliary army corp (WAAC) or (WAC)

Double-V Campaign

symbolized the efforts of African-Americans who were fighting for victory against fascism abroad and fighting racism at home

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE

founded by James Farmer criticized the discrimination that African-Americans were facing in defense-related industries.

1941: A. Philip Randolph

proposed a march on Washington to protest racial discrimination in war industries

Led to Executive Order 8802 and Congress passed the Fair Employment Act.

In 1941, FDR created

the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) to bring scientists into the war effor

(OPA)

froze prices on most goods and encouraged the purchase of war bonds to fight inflation

Summer 1943

:Los Angeles exploded in anti-Mexican “zootsuit” riots