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Germany Attacks Poland on september 1st- october 6th lasting 35 days
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June 25th 1941, Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 which stated "There shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed or color or national origin"
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Roosevelt ordered Armed Forces to recruit African Americans in 1941 their first African American unit on the 99th Pursuit squadron
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In 1942 Roosevelt created the National Housing Agency to coordinate government housing programs
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Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 allowing the War Department to declare and part of the United States a military zone and remove people from that zone as needed
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Roosevelt created the Office of War Information (OWI) which was to improve the publics understanding of the war and an act as a liasion office with various media
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In May 1942 congress allowed women in the military by creating the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)
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Around the summer of 1942 the most major industries and some over 200,000 companies had converted to war production
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In 1943 they integrated military bases and expanded the roles of African Americans and the success of it caused by President Truman to fully integrate in 1948
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President Ronald Reagan apologized to Japanese Americans on behalf of the United States government and signed legislation granting 20,000 to each surviving Japanese American who had be interned