apush ch34 – Flashcards

The act that granted the Philippines their independence.

FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations w/Latin America by using economic influence rater than military force in the region

1934 activated low-tariff policies ;; for relief & recovery ;; boosted American trade ;; amended Hawley-Smoot by lowering rates 50% provided that others do the same.These reversed the high protective tariffs, amending tariff laws providing that countries established similar laws in return

The alliance between Italy and Germany (Mussolini and Hitler), In 1936 Hitler and Mussolini allied together in the Rome-Berlin Axis. They were both allied with Japan. They fought against the Allies in World War II.

Signed between the Axis powers in 1940 (Italy, Germany and Japan) where they pledged to help the others in the event of an attack by the US

Short-sighted acts passed in 1935, 1936, and 1937 in order to prevent American participation in a European War. Among other restrictions, they prevented Americans from selling munitions to foreign belligerents. (858)

civil war in Spain in which General Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government

The speech was an act of condemnation of Japan's invasion of China in 1937 and called for Japan to be quarantined. FDR backed off the aggressive stance after criticism, but it showed that he was moving the country slowly out of isolationism.

1938 conference at which European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further.

the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of), Satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability.

A secret agreement between the Germans and the Russians that said that they would not attack each other

allies bought weapons with cash and carried weapons back; led to WWII

was a phase in early World War II marked by few military operations in Continental Europe, in the months following the German invasion of Poland and preceding the Battle of France. Although the great powers of Europe had declared war on one another, neither side had yet committed to launching a significant attack, and there was relatively little fighting on the ground

Rossevelt (dem) vs. Wendell Wilkie (rep), Roosevelt wins ; FDR had to declare that he would not send Americans to war in order to win ; greatly plagued the years before WWII ; won in a landslide ; first time a president was elected for a third term

A committee organized by isolationists before WWII, who wished to spare American lives. They wanted to protect America before we went to war in another country. Charles A. Lindbergh (the aviator) was its most effective speaker.

allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S

1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII amd to work for peace after the war

FDR speech. U.S. enters World War II, Pearl Harbor, United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941.

he was hoping that the U.S could trade with the U.S.S.R and that the soviets would discourage German and Japanese aggression., to trade with USSR and to ward off Germans and Japanese agressors

Congress passed the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act in 1934. Designed to lower the tariff, it aimed at both relief and recovery. Secretary of State Hull succeeded in negotiating pacts with 21 countries by the end of 1939. These pacts were essentially trade agreements that stated if the United States lowered its tariff, then the other country would do the same. With the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, the president was empowered to lower existing rates by as much as 50% provided that the other country involved would do the same. During these years of trade agreements, U.S. foreign trade increased dramatically. The act paved the way for the American-led free-trade international economic system that took shape after WWII.

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Roosevelt's compromise for helping Britain as he could not sell Britain US destroyers without defying the Neutrality Act; Britain received 50 old but still serviceable US destroyers in exchange for giving the US the right to build military bases on British Islands in the Caribbean.

The only difference between the opponents was that Willkie openly stated his disapproval of Roosevelt's dictatorship and his running for a third term. Roosevelt did pull out with a victory over Willkie, although it was a close race.

Battle for Britain

his act empowered the president to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government

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