World War II - Ardoin (H)

when was wwii?

1939-1945

when did US participate in wwii?

1941-1945

What is foreign policy like b4 wwii?

we are in isolationism

What is the things under FDR's foreign policy?

relations with Latin America, recognition of the Soviet Union 1933, and the Philippines

What is our relationship like with them?

not good and they are in our "backyard"

Why does FDR want to try to establish a better relationship with Latin America?

because FDR is not stupid and knows things in Europe are not going well and if we go to war, we want help from latin america

What is the Good Neighbor Policy?

we want to establish a good relationship with latin ameica

What is the Pan-American Conference?

it involved trying to create a better relationship: we had Uruguay in 1933 and Argentina in 1936

What happened in 1920?

the red scare

what came out of the red scare?

the US stopped recognizing the soviet union as a country

What are we now recognizing in 1933?

The soviet union is a country

Why are we recognizing them?

for trade and economic reasons

What is our relationship with the philippines like?

we took them during the spanish american war in 1898

What is the Tydings-McDuffie Act?

gives the Philippines their freedom in 1945

What happened from the period of 1934-1945 to the philippines?

japan took them over and when we were letting them go in 1945 their island was completely destroyed soo too late

Who is the leader of Italy?

Benito Mussolini

What idea did Mussolini establish?

fascism

What is fascism?

the belief that people should glorify their nation and their race through an aggressive show of force

Who was leader of Germany?

Adolf Hitler

Who is hitler?

a starving artist in 1920: he serves in WWI and he was not a good soldier, elected into position

When did Hitler become chancellor? Fuhrer?

chancellor in 1933 and fuhrer in 1934

Who did Hitler employ to manage propaganda/ads?

lei ryfinstor

What was Japan's government like?

it was nationalist and militaristic in the 1920s and 1930s

What do we make under Roosevelt's administration(1911) with Japan?

a trade agreement with the Japanese to give them any raw materials they need

What does Japan do in 1931 that affects us?

invade manchuria with the materials WE GAVE them....makes us look bad

What did Japan leave in 1931?

the League of Nations

What are the events leading to WWII in 1935?

Italy invades Ethiopia to try to impress us and make them look scary

What does Germany do in 1936?

take back the Rhineland

Why did other countries let Htiler take Rhineland?

because NO ONE wants war again and it is a time of isolationism for America so we aren't stopping him

Who did Japan invade in 1937?

China

What did Germany do in 1938?

annex Austria, Hitler began Kristallnacht, and he takes back the Sudetenland

What is Kristallnacht?

when Hitler started to put Jews on trains to go to "work camps"

What does the world do about Kristallnacht?

nothing because we don't want war and isolationism....!

Who is Chamerlain?

prime minister of England

What does Chamberlain claim he did?

made "peace with honor" because Hitler tells him that Germany won't take anything else

What happened in 1939 before the war started?

march - Hitler took Czechoslovakia

sept. - Germany invades Poland

What do they use against Poland?

the blitzkreig - air and ground war

Who declares war first onto Germany?

France

Why don't we join the war right away?

still in isolationism and no real reason too and FDR is trying to get reelected before he declares war

What happened in 1939 (besides war starting)?

work camps became extermination camps and US started cash and carry

What happened in 1940?

France fell, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway, Japan germany and italy signed the tripartite pact, battle of britain, and us establish the Lend Lease

How long did it take for France to fall?

6 weeks

Who did Hitler ally with in 1940?

Stalin

What happened in 1941? G

Germany invaded the Soviet Union and Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

What saves the soviet union from completely falling?

the weather (super cold there)

How does the US respond to war starting?

we do nothing

What did the neutrality acts of 1935-1937 do to us?

prohibited shipments and loans to countries at war

What is Cash and Carry?

we will give war materials to any country as long as they can pay cash and carry it out themselves

What is Destroyers-for-bases?

give Britain our old destroyers/battleships in reutrn britain will let us use some of their bases in the carribbean

Do we actually need the bases in the Carribbean?

no but FDR wanted the people to think we got something in return and we weren't given anything out for free

What is the Selective Service Act?

any guy ages 21-35 has to register to the draft board

What is Lend Lease?

the us will sell, transfer, lend or lease war materials to any country whose defense is vital to the United States

What is vital to us?

Britain's defense because we don't want to face Britain alone

What does the Lend Lease pull us out of?

the Great Depression

What happened in 1932 with Japan?

the Stimson Doctrine

What is the Stimson Doctrine?

It said the US refused to recognize any territorial acquisition taken by force

Who was prez when the Stimson Doctrine was made?

Hoover

Why did we make the Stimson Doctrine?

it was our reaction to the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Because of the Stimson Doctrine, what does Hoover/the US refuse to do?

provide military aid to Manchuria(the territory Japan took)

What did Japan join in 1940?

the Axis Powers

What did FDR prohibit in 1940?

the export of steel and scrap iron to all countries except Britain and nations of the Western Hemisphere

Who is FDR's prohibition directed at?

Japan because we wont give them any more material they need to invade other countries

What did Japan do July of 1941?

invaded French Indochina (Vietnam)

Where can Japan find other raw materials now that the US refuses to give them any?

the islands in the Pacific

Where can the US stop Japan from getting raw materials?

Hawaii/Pearl Harbor

Why does Japan eventually take Pearl Harbor?

because they knew that we could stop them from Hawaii and they didn't want us interfering

When did Japan start preparing for war?

october 1941

What does Japan do to spy on us?

they send japanese spies to take photos of pearl harbor and all the ships they would bomb

What did Japan do in November-December of 1941?

they talked of peace even though they were preparing for War so the US kind of had suspicions they would attack us

When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?

December 7, 1941

When does the US declare war on Japan?

December 8, 1941

Who was in charge of military mobilization for WWII?

General Dwight D. Eisenhower "IKE" = Europe

Douglas MacArthur = Pacific

What is the draft age?

18-35

What are we fighting?

a two front war against Europe and Japan

What is Eisenhower famous for?

famous for making a vehicle you can put a weapon on

what was a part of economic mobilization?

-war production board

-office of price administration

What is the war production board?

to ask factories to produce for the war effort

what are people motivated by to comply to the war productions board?

the attack on pearl harbor

what did the office of price administration do?

it introduced rationing for the war effort

Do Americans agree with economic mobilization?

yes they support it

What did we do?

we outproduced all the axis powers combined

How is this possible?

because women worked in factories with older men

What is the office for psychological mobilization?

office of war information

What happened in psychological mobilization?

they made propaganda posters so people supported the war

What is the impact of the war for african americans?

they faced discrimination still

Where did African Americans go for jobs?

they left the south

How many African Americans served in the armed forces? How?

1 million; in segregated units overseas and in factories

What is the "Double V" campaign?

victory against fascism in Europe and victory against discrimination at home

What is the Federal Employment Practices Commission?

reports on discrimination to keep African Americans happy so we have no strikes

What was it like for the women?

they worked in factories or in parts of the military branches

What are the women called in service?

WAC (army), WAVES (navy), WASP (air force)

Where were majority of the women who worked in service?

nursing or POW camps

How many women worked in the factory?

6 million

What did Mexican Americans do for the war?

they worked in the military (300000 of them)

What is the 1942 Braceros Agreement between?

US and Mexico

what did this agreement allow?

the mexicans back in to work on the factories

What is the zoot suit riot?

Mexican american men catcalling women which caused sailors to riot against those mexican men

What are Native Americans doing in this war?

they are serving in the military and left the reservations

Who are the Navajo Code talkers

Where are the Japanese Americans working?

in the military