USA Enters WW2

What were the Neutrality Acts?

• This allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deemed vital to the defense of the U.S (mostly Allied nations).

• A policy of giving into an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war and maintaining peace.

• Changed the laws to allow countries to buy weapons from the United States as long as they paid for them right away and took them away on their own ships.

• 3 laws passed in the late 1930s that were designed to keep the US out of international incidents. These laws banned Americans to sell arms and provide loans to countries at war.

What is appeasement?

• This allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deemed vital to the defense of the U.S (mostly Allied nations).

• A policy of giving into an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war and maintaining peace.

• Changed the laws to allow countries to buy weapons from the United States as long as they paid for them right away and took them away on their own ships.

• 4 laws passed in the late 1930s that were designed to keep the US out of international incidents. These laws banned Americans to sell arms and provide loans to countries at war.

What was the "Cash and Carry" Policy?

• This allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deemed vital to the defense of the U.S (mostly Allied nations).

• A policy of giving into an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war and maintaining peace.

• Changed the laws to allow countries to buy weapons from the United States as long as they paid for them right away and took them away on their own ships.

• 4 laws passed in the late 1930s that were designed to keep the US out of international incidents. These laws banned Americans to sell arms and provide loans to countries at war.

What was one significant condition faced by Japanese-Americans during their internment in camps during World War II?

• They were forced to leave their homes and live in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions

• They were forced to work in labor camps for little pay

• They were subjected to medical experiments

• They were given preferential treatment and allowed to leave the camps at will

What was the main goal of the Atlantic Charter, agreed upon by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1941?

• To establish a new world order based on democracy and self-determination

• To form a military alliance against the Axis powers

• To divide up the colonies of defeated European powers

• To promote free trade and economic cooperation between the US and UK

What reason did the US government give for putting the Japanese in the internment camps, whether or not it was true?

• The Japanese posed a national security threat and could be spies.

• They admitted it was because they felt the Japanese were inferior to white people.

• Japanese immigrants were not welcome in the country then or in the past.

• The deserved it because they bombed Pearl Harbor.

If you were deemed loyal, all the following are ways the internees could leave the interment camps EXCEPT...

• they could volunteer to serve as guards in other internment camps

• they could join the armed forces

• they could go to work in defense factories

• they could volunteer to work as farm laborers

How did the US government attempt to make it up to the citizens it forced into the internment camps?

• In 1988, they awarded each internee $20,000

• They did not do anything to make it up to them

• The internees were given back all the land they had to sell

• They issued a formal apology to the internees but did not promise them any payment

All of the following were ways that the USA tried to isolate itself during the 1920s EXCEPT for...

• the United States joined the League of Nations

• the United States passed large tariffs to keep foreign products out

• the United States restricted immigrants from coming into the United States

• the United States refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles after WWI

How did the joining together of the Axis Powers threaten the United States?

• If the USA entered the war, the Axis Powers would force the USA to fight on both sides of it.

• They were all previously allies of the USA and it was a betrayal.

• They were the most important trade partners of the USA and it hurt the US economy

• It wasn't actually a threat to the United States at all and could still be ignored.