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US Policy in Latin America, '20s-'30s
Move from imperialism to “Good Neighbor Policy” (1933)
Imperialism: Cuba, Roosevelt Corollary, Panama Canal
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Nazi Party
Preceded by German Workers’ PartyNazi – NationalsozialistNationalist, racist, populist, anti-communism
"Exterminate or impose exclusionary segregation upon “degenerate” and “asocial” groups: Jews, homosexuals, gypsies, blacks, physically/mentally handicapped, Jehovah’s witnesses, dissenters” -
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Washington Conference of 1921
Conference encouraging naval disarmament in an attempt to reduce growing tensions in East Asia -
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Benito Mussolini's Fascist Party
Creation of fascism
Mussolini: Socialist, then thought socialism was dead
Opposed class discrimination/class war
Radical authoritarian nationalism, urged violent response (was a soldier) against primarily Slavics and blacks.
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Dawes Plan
Following World War I, the Triple Entente created the Dawes Plan to draw reparations from Germany. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
International agreement to not use war to resolve conflicts, sponsored by France and the United States -
Manchuria Invaded
Japan invades Manchuria and establishes puppet state, Manchukuo, that lasts until the end of World War II. -
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Good Neighbor Policy
Non-intervention, non-interference in domestic policy
Reciprocal policy, trade agreements
First called “good neighbor” in FDR inaugural address, March 4, 1933, ended with threat of Cold War in 1945. -
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Nye Committee Investigation
Investigated financial interests in WWI, supported neutrality in WWII. Led by Gerald Nye. -
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Invasion of Ethiopia
Italy, under Mussolini, invaded Ethiopia, which prompted the US to pass the Neutrality Act in 1935. -
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Neutrality Acts
'35: established a mandatory arms embargo against both sides of any military conflict
'37: introduced the Cash-and-Carry policy on non-military goods
'39: Congress, once again, revises the Neutrality Acts and lifts the arms embargo, allowing any warring nation to purchase military goods on the Cash-and-Carry basis -
Invasion of Rhineland
Violating the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, German forces invaded Rhineland. -
Cash-and-Carry
Addition to Neutrality Act: Warring nations can only purchase non-military goods from the US, and can only do so by paying cash and shipping their purchases to themselves. -
Quarantine Speech
In October of 1937, Roosevelt warned of the dangers of Japanese actions, and argued that aggressors should be "quarantined" by the international community to prevent the contagion of war from spreading. -
Panay sinking
Japanese aviators bombed and sank the US gunboat, Panay. Japan claimed it was an accident, but the US chose to overlook the attack to maintain US-Japan relations. -
"Blitzkrieg"
German term coined for the Polish invasion, lasts throughout the war. A series of fast and powerful attacks followed by swift retreat to break lines -
Munich Agreement
After Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia, the French and the British agreed to accept Germany's demands in return for Hitler's promise to expand no further. -
Non-Aggression Pact
Stalin signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler, freeing the German, for the moment, from the danger of a two-front war. -
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Polish border incident
Hitler staged an accident on the Polish border to allow him to claim Germany had been attacked, and he subsequently launched a full-scale invasion of Poland. Britain and Grance then declared war on Germany two days later. -
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German U-Boat Warfare
Packs of submarines that would submerge for short periods to sink ships in the Atlantic, after US joins U-boats go from arctic to Gulf of Mexico. (Timespan: World War II) -
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Conscription Act
1940 STSA created peacetime conscription based on lots, followed by selective service system, 1940- ages 25-45, December 1941- ages 18-65 -
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America First Committee
Started in 1940 pushing for enforcement of 1939 neutrality act, shut down in 1941 -
Tripartite Act
Establishes Axis Powers. Japan recognizes Italy and Germany establishment of new world order in Europe, they recognize Japan’s establishment of new world order in Eastern Asia, assist each other, share technological advancements, agree it does not affect relationship with USSR, lasts 10 years -
Lend-lease
Started in March of 1941, supplied USSR, Great Britain, Free France, Republic of China with weapons and supplies -
Atlantic Charter
sets up post war goals for allies including no territory changes forced on populations, return of self government, reduced trade restrictions -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese air raid on US naval base, leads to calls for war