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Invention of the First Submarine Computer
The first computer that was small enough to be used aboard a submarine was invented, and used to calculate how to fire a torpedo at a moving target. -
Release of Nylon
Nylon was released to the public after 10 years of development, and in the first year 64 million pairs of nylon stockings were sold. -
The Draft
The draft was instated during peacetime after Germany had captured France as preparation for war, and only applied to men between ages 21 and 35, requiring only one year of service. However after Pearl Harbor the draft was expanded to require all men from ages 18 to 64. This lasted until the Draft expired in 1947. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Rosie the Riveter
The idea of Rosie the Riveter first came from a hit song called "Rosie the Riveter", and is thought to be talking about a Rosie Bonavita. This idea inspired a social movement of women taking increasing number of jobs, and proving they could do a man's job just as well. Funilly enough, the poster we usually call Rosie the Riveter was never actually called that until it resurfaced in the 1980's. -
Start of Japanese Internment
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Start of Food Rationing
Rationing started in 1941 with the rationing of tires to conserve rubber for the war effort. More and more things started being rationed until in the May of 1942 food rationing first started and a national speed limit of 35 mph was imposed. More things still became rationed, such as medicines and even typewriters. Rationing finally ended in August of 1945, except for sugar rationing which lasted another 2 years in some areas. -
The White Rose
The White Rose was a non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany who distributed pamphlets denouncing the Nazi regime's crimes and oppression, as well as the mass persecution of Jews. However, their efforts ended with the arrest of their main group on February 18th, 1942 by the Gestapo. -
Korematsu vs. US Case
Fred Korematsu was a Japanese-American who consciously chose to not follow Civilian Exclusion Order #34, the order to put Japanese in internment camps. He even underwent plastic surgery to hide the fact he was Japanese. Korematsu sued the government, saying that by the 5th amendment, this internment of Japanese was unconstitutional. In the end the Supreme Court ruled against him 6-3. -
The Cold War
Ended around 1990 -
The Second Red Scare
Ended in 1957 -
Executive Order 9981
This executive order abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces, and eventually led to the end of segregation in the army. -
Formation of NATO
