APUSH Ch. 33-34 Test Review

know how Americans & other Allied nations responded to the rise of fascist dictators like Mussolini

• neutrality/isolationism

know what Americans were trying to do during the Spanish Civil War between the loyalists & fascists there

• America placed embargoes on Spain, essentially allowing fascist Franco to take over

• Loyalist government, fascist overthrow

know what the Neutrality Acts of 35, 36, 37 did

know what the Munich Conference did

know what cash & carry Neutrality Act of 1939 did and how it changed the other acts

• US could provide arms to European countries, as long as they paid in cash & used their own ships for transportation

  • essentially only for Britain & France, as their navies ruled the seas

know what the 1940 destroyers for bases deal did

know what the Reps & Dems agreed on in 1940 (presidential election)

• foreign policy

• FDR & Willkie both promised to stay out of war and to strengthen the nation’s defenses

know what the Lend-Lease Act actually meant/signaled

• it was meant to keep the US out of war by keeping the war in Europe

• it was in actuality an economic declaration of war, meaning a shooting declaration was not far off

• it marked the abandonment of any pretense of neutrality

know what the Atlantic Charter was and what it included in its ideas

know what negotiations failed with Japan just prior to Pearl Harbor

know what America’s fundamental strategic plan was in WWII

know which group of people were treated relatively awfully in reference to their civil rights in the US during WWII

know what inflation & food shortages were kept in check by

know what the Fair Employment Practice Commission was designed to do

know why rural African-Americas moved north to work in industry

• what invention accelerated this movement?

know what the battles of Baaton in the Philippines marked the beginning of

know where most of the difficult fighting in Europe for most of 193 occurred

know what the last ditch German offensive of the war was to try and stop Americans

know where/when the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan

• know which one was dropped first and on what city