AP US History: FDR and the Shadow of War (1933-1941)
American Pageant Chapter 34 Student Guide
Test Preparation
You are advised to thoroughly read Chapter 34 in American Pageant and fully complete homework
assignments. You should also read Chapter 25 (Diplomacy and World War II, 1929-1945) in AMSCO. You
should also review the DBQ rubric, DBQ writing guidelines, and essay model handout. It is in your best interest
to make flash cards for all the key names, events, and terms and study with a classmate. If several students
would like to schedule a study session before or after school please speak with Mr. McLaughlin.
Unit Objectives
-
Explore the rise and fall of Fascism and its impact on modern society
Analyze the causes and consequences of genocide/ethnic cleansing (Holocaust)
Evaluate the impact of the birth of weapons of mass destruction on the evolution on the modern world.
Examine the role and impact of civilian populations on conflict and global relations
Chapter 34 Themes
- Isolationism
- Appeasement
- Rise of Totalitarianism
- Utopia and Terror
Chapter 34 Summary: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Roosevelt’s early foreign policies, such as wrecking the London economic conference and establishing the
Good Neighbor policy in Latin America, were governed by concern for domestic economic recovery and
reflected American’s desire for a less active role in the world. America virtually withdrew from all European
affairs, and promised independence to the Philippines as an attempt to avoid commitments in Asia.
Economic depression spawned chaos in Europe and Asia strengthened the isolationist impulse, as Congress
passed a series of Neutrality Acts designed to prevent the United States from being drawn into foreign wars.
The United States adhered to the neutrality policy temporarily, despite Italian, German, and Japanese acts of
aggression. Roosevelt began to provide some aid to the Allies after the outbreak of World War II in Europe.
After the Fall of France to the Nazi lead Germans, Roosevelt gave greater assistance to the desperate British
through the destroyers for military bases deal and the lend-lease policy. Adamant isolationists protested efforts
to assist the Allies. However, during the 1940 presidential race, republican candidate, Wendell Willkie refrained
from attacking Roosevelt’s foreign policy.
Roosevelt and Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter, and by the summer of 1941, the United States was
fighting an undeclared naval war with Germany in the North Atlantic. After negotiations with Japan failed, the
surprise attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States in World War II.
1
Chapter 34 Key Names, Events, and Terms
- Adolf Hitler
- America First Committee
- Appeasement
- Atlantic Charter
- Atomic Bomb
- Axis Powers
- Battle of Midway
- Battle of the Atlantic
- Battle of the Bulge
- Benito Mussolini
- Big Three
- Blitzkrieg
- Casablanca Conference
- Cash and Carry
- Chester Nimitz
- Cordell Hull
- Czechoslovakia
- D-Day
- Destroyers for bases deal
- Douglas MacArthur
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Ethiopia
- Fascism
- Four Freedoms Speech
- Francisco Franco
- German Nazi Party
- Good-neighbor policy
- Harry S. Truman
- Hiroshima; Nagasaki
- Holocaust
- Isolationism
- Italian Fascist Party
-
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Josef Stalin
Korematsu v. U.S.
Lend Lease Act (1941)
London Economic Conference (1933)
Manchuria (Manchukuo)
Manhattan Project
Munich Agreement
Neutrality Acts
Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials
Nye Committee
Office of Price Administration
Pan-American conferences (1933, 1936)
Pearl Harbor
Poland
Potsdam Conference
Quarantine Speech
Rhineland
Selective Training & Service Act (1940)
Smith v. Allwright
Soviet Union – recognized
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Stimson Doctrine
Sudetenland
Tehran Conference
Tydings-McDuffe Act
United Nations
Vichy France
Wendell Willkie
Winston Churchill
Yalta Conference
Additional Key Terms (Add Below)
2