Acts, Legislations, Bills 2

Chapter 25 (World War II)

Geneva Disarmament Conference

failed attempt at general disarmament in 1932

Five-Year Plans

Stalin’s plan for rapid industrial advancement

Tripartite Treaty

formed the Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis, leading to World War II

Munich Pact

agreement in September 1938 between Germany, France, and Britain that ceded the Sudetenland to Germany with the understanding that Germany would not claim any more land

America First Committee

group that was dedicated to keeping the US out of WWII

Neutrality Act of 1937

continued the terms of earlier legislation and adopted the important cash-and-carry principle for dealing with warring nations

Selective Training and Service Act

American law that required men between 18 and 65 to register with their local draft boards although only those ages 18 to 45 were actually eligible for military service

Lend-Lease Act

gave the president extensive powers to sell, lease, lend, or dispose of war materials to any nation whose defense he felt was vital to American security

War Production Board (WPB)

regulated war production in WWII

Office of War Mobilization (OWM)

the new general staff for the home front in WWII

Women’s Army Corps (WAC)

the US Army’s division of women