Chapter 37 People

FDR’s secretary of state, who promoted reciprocal trade agreements, especially with Latin America

Fanatical fascist leader of Germany whose aggressions forced the United States to abandon its neutrality

The lesser partner of the Rome-Berlin Axis who invaded Ethiopia and joined the war against France and Britain

Instigator of 1934 Senate hearings that castigated World War I munitions manufacturers as “merchants of death”

Fascist rebel against the Spanish Loyalist government

Young American volunteers who went to fight for Loyalist Spain against Franco’s Spanish fascist rebels.

Small East European democracy betrayed into Hitler’s hands at Munich

East European nation whose September 1939 invasion by Hitler set off World War II in Europe

Nation whose sudden fall to Hitler in 1940 pushed the United States closer to direct aid to Britain

Leader of the America First organization and chief spokesman for U.S. isolationism

Dynamic dark horse Republican presidential nominee who attacked FDR only on domestic policy

Courageous prime minister who led Britain’s lonely resistance to Hitler

Russian dictator who first helped Hitler destroy Poland before becoming a victim of Nazi aggression in 1941

North Atlantic nation near whose waters U.S. destroyers came under Nazi submarine attack

Site of a naval base where Japan launched a devastating surprise attack on the United States