Foreign Policy
Cards (19)
- Literacy Act - Legislation imposing literacy tests for immigrants seeking entry into the US
- Immigration Act - Established immigration quotas based on national origin, heavily favouring immigrants from northern + western Europe
- Sacco + Vanzetti - Italian immigrants convicted of murder in a highly controversial trial fuelled by anti-immigrant sentiment + prejudice
- Immigration Act - Further restricted immigration to the United States, particularly targeting southern + eastern Europeans + Asians
- Dawes Plan - Plan to address German reparations after WW1 by restructuring payments and providing loans
- Kellogg-Briand Pact - International agreement renouncing war as a means of resolving disputes
- Young Plan - Plan to further reduce German reparations payments after WW1
- Good Neighbour policy - Shift in US foreign policy towards Latin America, emphasising non-intervention + cooperation
- Platt Amendment - Legislation granting the United States certain rights in Cuba and controlling its foreign policy
- 1st Neutrality - Legislation prohibiting arms sales to warring nations to keep the United States out of future conflicts
- 2nd Neutrality Act - Expanded restrictions on arms sales + loans to belligerent nations
- 3rd Neutrality Act - Imposed an arms embargo on both sides of a conflict + forbade American citizens from traveling on belligerent ships
- Chicago Speech - Speech by President Roosevelt criticising totalitarianism + advocating for international cooperation
- Ludlow Amendment - Proposed constitutional amendment requiring a national referendum before declaring war
- 4th Neutrality Act - Extended the arms embargo + cash-and-carry policy to civil wars
- 5th Neutrality Act - Lifted the arms embargo on belligerent nations but maintained other neutrality provisions
- Pearl Harbour - Japanese attack on the US naval base in Hawaii, leading to American entry into WW2
- Atlantic Charter - Agreement between the United States + Britain outlining post-war goals for peace and security
- Lend-lease Act - Legislation allowing the United States to provide military aid to foreign nations during WW2