WWII

battle of coral sea

A battle between Japanese and American naval forces that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia.

lend lease bill

Before the U.S. Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a "lend-lease" program, which would deliver arms to Great Britain to be paid for following the war's end. Congress approves the bill.

congress lifts aid embargo

Congress grants President Franklin D. Roosevelt's request to revise neutrality laws, to repeal an arms embargo so that munitions could be sold to Britain and France, and to prevent American ships from sailing into war zones.

panay incident

Japanese warplanes dive-bomb the American gunboat Panay in the Yangtze River in China. Japan apologizes and pays reparations for the lives lost.

casablanca conference

Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt meet in Casablanca in North Africa to plan attacks on all fronts, to invade Sicily and Italy, to send forces to the Pacific, and to better aid the Soviet Union.

yalta conference

The Allied powers meet in Yalta to negotiate Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe. The Yalta Conference would result in the dual administrations in Berlin, the break up of Germany, and the prosecution of war criminals.

bretton woods conference

The common name for the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference held in New Hampshire, 44 nations at war with the Axis powers met to create a world bank to stabilize international currency, increase investment in under-developed areas, and speed the economic recovery of Europe.

quarantine speech

The speech was an act of condemnation of Japan's invasion of China in 1937 and called for Japan to be quarantined. FDR backed off the aggressive stance after criticism, but it showed that he was moving the country slowly out of isolationism.

battle of midway

U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II.

Which of the following was agreed to at the Yalta Conference (1945)?:

an agreement to divide Germany into four military zones.

What happened to the New Deal during World War II?:

an anti-New Deal coalition moved to end many New Deal programs, and the president adapted to the new political environment.

At the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, the Allies agreed to?:

an invasion of Italy in the spring, invasion of France in 1944, and the concept of "unconditional surrender."

The Dumbarton Oaks Conference involved primarily?:

creation of the United Nations

postdam conference

gathered to decide how to administer the defeated Nazi Germany, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier, on 8 May (V-E Day). The goals of the conference also included the establishment of post-war order, peace treaty issues, and countering the effects of the war.

Franklin D. Roosevelt departed from Woodrow Wilson's wartime practices when he?:

included members of both political parties in the delegation to the San Francisco Conference.

postdam declaration

issued july 26, 1945; called for Japan to surrender unconditionally; spoke of an occupation; purge of military leaders; establishment of democratic order; recognition of japanese sovereignty

To ensure that Russia would join the war against Japan, President Roosevelt in 1945?:

made certain secret agreements concerning Russian territorial demands.

Issued by President Roosevelt in 1941, Executive Order No. 8802?:

required defense industries to make jobs available without discrimination based on race, creed, color, or national origin.

Which of the following made the Soviet Union suspicious of the motives of the United States and Great Britain during World War II?:

the delay in opening the second front in Europe.

1937 Neutrality Act,

which bans travel on belligerent ships, forbids the arming of American merchant ships trading with belligerents, and issues an arms embargo with warring nations.

atlantic charter

1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII amd to work for peace after the war