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This event marks the start of Japanese aggression against China and Indochina. The Japanese wanted to create economic domination. This was their way of trying to solve economic problems through expansion.
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President Eisenhower intervened in Suez Crisis and extended containment to the Middle east. The Suez Crisis was when Israeli troops pushed into Egypt towards the Suez Canal after Egypt nationalized it.
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It was An agreement between Britain and France that allowed Hitler to take more land, in exchange for Hitler's agreement to stop seeking territory after this concession. The pact was broken no less than 6 months later when Hitler continued to take land
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Kristallnacht means "night of broken glass". This came about because it was when Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses, and killed close to 100 jews
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These acts are also known as cash and carry. They allowed nations at war to buy goods from the US if they paid cash upfront. Once they bought these goods it was required of them to carry said goods on their own ships.
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After Hitler broke the Munich Pact, Germany invades Poland. This invasion led to France and Britain declaring war on Germany. During this time the U.S. attempted to stay neutral.
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Lend-Lease means that the US can lend/sell supplies to the allies to protect our interests. Often times the Navy was in charge of protecting lend-lease goods, seeing as how most trades were done by ships
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Document signed, by FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill, during WWII. Meant as a plan for once the war was over
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Issued by FDR in response to Philip Randolph threatening to organize a march. This order prohibited ethnic or racial discrimination in the nation's defense industry.
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The Atlantic conference was held between FDR and Churchill and it was an alliance strengthened between the US and Great Britain by signing the Atlantic Charter.
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Japan attacked a US navy base in retaliation to US embargoes.. 2400 Americans were killed, 1300 were wounded, and 19 US ships were sunk or damaged.This is what led the US to declare war on Japan which in turn caused Germany to respond by declaring war on the US.
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An order issued by FDR which authorized the internment of American of Japenese descent and resident aliens from Japan. This caused Japanese residents and americans of Japanese descent to sell their property and report for deportation to camps.
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This battle was well known because of the American's method of "island hopping." The goal of this battle was for Americans to get close enough to the Japanese home islands to launch air attacks in preparation for an invasion. This battle was a victory for the US.
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Operation torch was the launch of the invasion of North Africa It was in order to free the Mediterranian sea from German control and protect the oil fields in the middle east
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This meeting was held between Churchill, FDR, and Stalin. The purpose was to finalize plans for the defeat of Europe and begin discussing post-war European plans
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The invasion of Normandy provided the western front. D-day included the Soviet Union, Italy, and France. This invasion was important due to the fact that it began to make Germany weak.
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Battle of the bulge was the last German offensive and the beginning of the end for the Nazis.
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Fred Korematsu was a Japanese American who refused to leave after the exec. order 9066 was issued. He took his case to the supreme court because the order was in a violation of his rights. He lost his case
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This bombing happened under the administration of President Truman. These places were bombed in order to prevent the necessity for landing and fighting on the Japanese home islands. Truman felt that too many American lives would be lost.
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The UN is an intergovernmental organization that is tasked to promote international cooperation and maintain international order. The UN was created by inspiration from the league of nations
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Allies responded to war crimes committed during WWII by identifying war criminals and putting them on public trial Hitler committed suicide to escape prosecution. Other nazi officers and civilians were charged with crimes against humanity. They all pleaded that they "were just following orders" but in the end, 12 nazis were convicted and sentenced to death.
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The Truman doctrine pledged to contain communism in Europe and was first applied when the US supplied military and financial aid to Greece and to Turkey in order to resist the communist-backed rebel forces.
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During the war, the US supplied the people of Berlin with food, water, and other supplies through airdrops.
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The marshall plan was financial aid, offered by the US, in order to promote economic rebuilding and prevent the fall of European Countries to communism.
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Israel was made out of the US's support for the self-determination of the Jewish people.
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Nato stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It established a military alliance aimed at the soviet union. The soviet union retaliated with the Warsaw pact
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The soviet union tested an atomic bomb. In turn, this led to the US's acceleration on the development of the hydrogen bomb, which started the nuclear arms race.
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The communist country, North Korea, invaded South Korea. In response, the UN voted to demand a ceasefire and support police action in order to defend South Korea
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Sputnik marked the beginning of the space race. As a result of this the US Congress passed the National Defense Education act. This promoted science and math skills and counteract the fear that consumerism had made Americans less competitive and less likely to win the arms race
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This act was passed in retaliation to sputnik. It was intended to promote science and math skills and to counteract the consumerism that had made Americans less competitive and less likely to win the arms race
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The berlin wall was a physical divide in the city. It was a symbol of the cold war intended to, separate East and West Germany and to keep people of the eastern bloc from escaping to freedom in the west through Berlin.
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The soviet union invades Afghanistan to prop up a friendly government. The US supported the Afghan's resistance movement because of the containment policy. Soviets withdrew in 1989.
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The fall of the Berlin wall is what's to be considered the end of the Cold War. This led the way for German reunification.
