Informal policy stemming from the belief that the United States should not become involved with the affairs of other nations. This mindset was especially popular following World War I.

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Legislation passed between 1935 and 1937 to make it more difficult for the United States to become entangled in overseas conflicts. The Neutrality Acts reflected the strength of isolationist sentiment in 1930s America.

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The policy of England and France that allowed the Nazis to annex Czechoslovak territory in exchange for Hitler promising not to take further land- a pledge he soon violated.

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Isolationist organization founded by Senator Gerald Nye in 1940 to keep the United States out of World War II.

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Legislation requiring men between the ages of 18 and 35 to register for the draft, later expanded to age 45. It was the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.

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March 1941 law permitting the United States to lend or lease military equipment and other commodities to Great Britain and its allies. Its passage marked the end of American neutrality before the U.S. entered World War II.

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1940 mutual defense agreement between Japan, Germany, and Italy.

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December 7th, 1941 Japanese attak on the U.S. Pacific Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. This surprise air and naval assualt killed more than 2,400 Americans, seriously damaged ships and aircraft, and abruptly ended isolationism by prompting U.S. entry into World War II.

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Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II.

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Germany, Italy, and later Japan.

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A military-dominated government that controls all aspects of life. Nation greater importance than individual. Anti-communist.

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Withdrawal of American troops from foreign nations (especially Latin America) to improve international relations and unite the western hemisphere; Clark Memorandum (rebukes the "big stick"); peaceful resolution of Mexican oil fields

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A proposed constitutional amendment would have required a public referendum for a declaration of war except in case of an attack on American territory; the measure was tabled in 1938 under severe pressure from the White House.

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Leaders of nine world powers met in 1921-22 to discuss the naval race; resulting treaties limited to a specific ratio of the carrier and battleship tonnage of each nation (Five-Power Naval Treaty), formally ratified the Open Door to China (Nine-Power Treaty), and agreed to respect each other's Pacific territories (Four-Power Treaty).

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1942 act passed after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It authorized the president to reecognize federal agencies any way he though necessary to win the war.

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The government-business allaince related to the military and national defense that developed out of World War II and greatly influenced future development of the U.S. economy

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African American airmen who overcame prejudice during World War II. They earned fame escorting U.S. bomber aircraft in Europe and North Africa.

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The slogan African Americans used during World War II to state their twin aims to fight for victory over fascism abroad and victory over racism at home.

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Series of riots in 1943 in Los angeles, California, sparked by white hostility towards Mexican American teenagers who dressed in zoot suits- suits with long jackets with padded shoulders and baggy pants tapered at the bottom.

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The relocation of persons seen as a threat to national security to isolated camps during World War II. Nearly all people of Japanese descent living on the West Coast were forced to sell or abandon their possessions and relocate to internment camps during the war.

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