Unit 7 US History

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  • The Rape of Nanking

    Mass muder and war rape during a 6-week period following the Japanese capture of Nanking, China, by the Japanese Imperial Army

  • US declares Neutralilty in WWII

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    WWII

    Women's role in WWII: Fatcory work, Military aid (training, transportation), Home Upkeep
    US Office of War Information (OWI): June 1942 - September 1945 distributed war news for domestic use and promoted patriotism

  • Lend Lease Act

    US Program in which the US supplied the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, China, Free France and other allied nations with material between 1941-1945

  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA bombed by the Japanese Imperial Army.
    US officially involved in WWII against the Axis Powers.
    Cause of Executive Order 9066 (Internment Camps for Japanese-Americans)

  • Executive Order 9066 Issued

    FDR puts E.O. 9066 in effect, placing Japanese-Americans residing in the West Coast into Internment Camps for the duration of the war

  • Fire Bombing of Dresden

    Attack on the city of Dresden, Germany.
    4 air raids 13-15 February 1945, from the British Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces, destroying more than 15 square miles of the city.