Life on the Homefront: America's Involvement in World War 2 By Jhill122332 Sep 19, 1931 Japan Invades Manchuria Jan 1, 1935 FDR signs the Neutrality Acts Jan 13, 1939 Cash and Carry Plan Jan 13, 1940 Selective Service and training Act Sep 4, 1940 America First Committee Let Their Voices be Heard Sep 27, 1940 The Tripartite Act Oct 1, 1940 Roosevelt's Arsenal of Democracy Speech Jan 1, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Passed By Congress Jan 6, 1941 Roosevelt's four Freedoms Speech Jun 25, 1941 FEPC established and banned discrimination Aug 13, 1941 Atlantic Charter issued by Roosevelt and Churchill Aug 28, 1941 Office of Price Administration Established Dec 7, 1941 Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 United States Enters World War 2 Jan 1, 1942 War Production Board created to oversee conversion to military production Jan 1, 1942 Congress of Racial Equality Founded Jan 7, 1942 Battle of Bataan Feb 19, 1942 Creation of Japanese Internment Camps Apr 13, 1942 The Bombing of Tokyo Aug 4, 1942 Bracero Program Established Feb 13, 1943 Zoot Suit Roots(race riots) Jun 25, 1943 War Labor Disputes Act Jan 1, 1944 Korematsu vs. United States Court Case Jan 13, 1944 G.I. Bill of Rights Feb 13, 1944 "An American Dilemma" Published Mar 13, 1944 "What the Negro Wants" Published Jul 1, 1944 The Bretton Woods Conference Jan 1, 1945 Randolph's March on Washington Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Jul 26, 1945 Potsdam Declaration Sep 2, 1945 VJ Day(Victory Over Japan) Dec 31, 1946 The Manhattan Project Oct 24, 1948 United Nations Day Established