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Ch. 35

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Yamamoto's Prophecy
mastermind behind PH; US = sleeping giant
Atlantic Charter
8 points set up by FDR and Churchill and later Stalin; similar to Wilson's 14 points
Maxim Litvina
first Russian ambassador to US in 1933 when we finally recognize USSR
"Greer" & "Kearny" & "Reuben James"
US destroyers all attacked by German U-boats
Jeanette Rankin
first women elected to congress; voted against WWI; WWII and Vietnam War
"Gitmo"
Guantanamo Bay in Cuba; only spot that US keeps
Tripartite Pact 1940
Germany, Italy, Japan; Hitler wants Japs; thinks it'll keep US out of war
Ethiopia
Mussolini invades easily and no one helps
Reciprocal Trade Agreement
1934; relief and recovery; low tariff policies; done around Senate if other country will agree; helped world economy after WWII
The London economic conference
66 nations; 1933; FDR doesn't send someone b/c he wants inflation; ruined whole conference
Billy Mitchell
WWI pilot in France; wants to start US Air Force and no one listens to him; dead before Pearl Harbor though he had predicted it; but gets medal of honor 10 years after death
"lebensraum" and "manschluss"
living space; what Germany says it needs the union of Germany and Austria peacefully
Montevideo Pledge
Good Neighbor policy; US pledges to keep out
The Munich Conference 1938
Hitler agrees that Sudetenland will be his last claim so world powers let him keep it; lots of appeasement and lying going on
Marco Polo Bridge
near Bering; 1937 japan starts all out invasion of china
Dorie Miller
black man in navy; worked in kitchen but still shot 1 or 2 planes (during PH??)
Tydings McDuffie Act 1934
independent Philippines after 12 years (1946); Phil. Become a burden to US
Neutrality Acts 1937 & 1939
keep US out of helping democracies; 1939 they can buy stuff from US only on cash and carry method
Wagner Bill 1941
suggests to let 10,000 Jewish orphans to US; doesn't happen; shows US didn't help Jews
Havana Conference 1940
US and L. Am. Make treaty all as friends to keep out Hitler; sharing of Monroe doctrine for all of L. Am. To use
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler invades Soviet Union June 22 1941
"cash and carry"
Allies can buy what they need only in cash and have to carry it on their own boats
Edward R. Murrow
famous newscaster in London telling stuff happening to US; could hear Battle of Brit. In background
1940 election results and why
FDR VS Willkie (new guy; well liked) FDR wins b/c no one wants to change horses now; FDR's real opponent was Hitler
"Quarantine Speech"
1937 FDR in Chicago wants positive endeavors to quarantine aggressors by economic embargo; people furious so FDR shuts up
"Operation Sea Lion"
Hitler's plant o attack Britain; aborted after failure of Battle of Britain; takes USSR instead
Burton Wheeler
"as the new Triple A bill designed to plow under every fourth Am. Boy" talking about getting draft for war
"St. Louis" 1939
Germany cruise ship filled with Jews trying to land in Cuba; find out all the visas they bought were fake and now they have to go all the way back home; Miami won't take them either
Haile Selassie
emperor of Ethiopia who no one helps against Mussolini; "It's us today, it'll be you tomorrow"
Fritz Kuhe and William Pelly
both had fascist groups in US; German Am. Bundt with 25,000-30,000; Silver Shirts - cop off of Mussolini black shirts
FDR's VP's
Henry Wallace in 3rd term; Truman in 4th term
Greater East Asia Co - Prosperity Sphere
Jap version of Monroe doctrine in Asia; wants everyone else out
The "Robin Moor"
unarmed US ship sunk by Germans out of war zone waters on May 21 1941
Selective Service Act1940
draft people before we get into war; only peace time draft
Cordell Hull
Sec. of State; low tariff, trade both ways; big New Dealer; like S. Am.; worked out Reciprocal Trade Agreement
Panay incident
Japan shoot down US ship in Chinese waters; to test US; Tokyo makes huge apologies; US relieved they don't have to do anything
Johnson Debt Default Act
1934; prevented debt dodging nations from borrowing more in US
"Rattlesnakes"
FDR's nickname for German subs; destroyers can take a hit; used as protection
Admiral Kimmel
in charge at P.H. makes excuse that wasn't prepared b/c govt. didn't tell him
Francisco Franco
fascist leader of rebels; gets Hitler and Mussolini's support and wins Spain; calls FDR a gentleman for staying out of it

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