World War 2 & Cold War

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  • `Japan invades Manchuria

    `Japan invades Manchuria

    In 1931, The Japanese invasion of Manchuria started Japanese hostility against China & Indochina. Japan proposed establishing a Japanese domain economic dominance and by enlargement, tried to solve economic problems. It's important to US History because in 1931 japan had invaded Manchuria without declarations of war, breaching the rules of the League of Nations.
  • Munich Pact

    Munich Pact

    Britain and France came to an agreement to allow Hitler to take more land but in exchange for Hitler's agreement to seek no more territory after that compromise. Less than 6 months later Hitler had broken the pact by continuing to take territory and ending European policy of acceding. It's important to US History because British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlian and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
  • Neutrality Acts

    Neutrality Acts

    Cash & Carry but in other words: The Neutrality Acts of 1939 and the Act empowered nations at war to buy goods from the Us if they paid cash upfront and carries the solution on their own ships.
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

    On Sept 1st, 1939 Germany's invasion of Poland led to France and Britain declaring war on Germany. Germany took advantage of the strategy of blitzkrieg then quickly invaded France and institute hurtful air rails on Britain.
  • Exec Order 8022

    Exec Order 8022

    A. Philip Randolph threatened to organize a march to demand fair access to wartime workers in Washington. FDR released Executive Order 8802 in response, banning ethnic or racial discrimination in the security sector of the country.
  • Atlantic Conference

    Atlantic Conference

    The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued on August 14, 1941, that defined the Allied goals for the post-war world,
  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter

    The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued on August 14, 1941, that defined the Allied goals for the post-war world, including self-determination for nations and economic and social cooperation among nations.it's important to US History because Among its major points were a nationś right to choose its own government, the easing of trade restrictions, and a plea for postwar disarmament.
  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act

    The Lend-Lease Act stated that the U.S. government could lend or lease ( rather than sell) war supplies to any nation deemed " vital to the defense of the United States. " Under this policy, the United Start was able to supply military aid to its foreign allies during World War 2 while still remaining officially neutral.it's important to US History because the program provided for military aid to any country whose defense was vital to the security of the United State.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    On the morning of 7 December 1941, at 7:55 am local time, 183 aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Within two hours, 18 US warships had been sunk or damaged, 188 aircraft destroyed, and 2,403 American servicemen and women killed. It's important to US History 2,403 sailors, soldiers, and civilians were killed and about 1,000 people were wounded.
  • Exec Order 9066

    Exec Order 9066

    Japanese origin American and native aliens from Japan. Japanese citizens and Japanese origin Americans were forced to sell their property & possessions and to register for deportation to inland desert camps.
  • Korematsu v. United States

    Korematsu v. United States

    United States, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on December 18, 1944, upheld (6–3) the conviction of Fred Korematsu—a son of Japanese immigrants who was born in Oakland, California—for having violated an exclusion order requiring him to submit to forced relocation during World War II.