US Foreign Policy 1930–41 (HSC SSCE Modern History): Flashcards
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Isolationism (1930s US policy)
Isolationism (1930s US policy)
Prioritising internal development over overseas commitments
US battle deaths in WWI
US battle deaths in WWI
Over 53,000
Year of Japanese expansion into Manchuria
Year of Japanese expansion into Manchuria
1931
Stimson Doctrine approach
Stimson Doctrine approach
Condemned aggression but forbade US interference
Johnson Debt Default Act (year)
Johnson Debt Default Act (year)
1934
Date of Pearl Harbor attack
Date of Pearl Harbor attack
7 December 1941
US soldiers killed at Pearl Harbor
US soldiers killed at Pearl Harbor
2,400
Pearl Harbor's effect on isolationism
Pearl Harbor's effect on isolationism
Ended/reversed it
Cities bombed with atomic weapons (1945)
Cities bombed with atomic weapons (1945)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Total deaths from atomic bombings
Total deaths from atomic bombings
Over 160,000