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Neutrality Act of 1939
This was the final Neutrality Act from the U.S. who were desperately trying to stay out of the war and stay isolationist. This act reinforced the previous embargo's on ammunition and other arms. -
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U.S. Isolationist Period
The period before the war where the U.S. stayed (by choice) out of the war as it was a foreign war and we did not need to get involved. -
Propaganda during WW2
Propaganda was heavily prominent during WW2, it was to boost the nationalism in these times and greatly helped the U.S. production and pride. -
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World War 2
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Interwar Foreign Policy
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Military
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Lend-Lease Act
The Lend Lease Act was the act that gave FDR unlimited authority to give material aid to the Allied Powers, showing the direct international investment of America -
Pearl Harbor Attack
This was the event in which Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, an American naval base in Hawaii. This event caused the U.S. to declare war on the Axis powers, officially getting them into the war. -
U.S. Production Boom
When the U.S. entered into the war their means of production in manufacturing skyrocketed. The patriotism in America and the desire to work along with the Great Depression factors caused over 17 million jobs to be created and for America's economy to boom as a result. -
American Motivation for War
America's main reason for entering the war was the blatant attack on U.S. soil. But there were also concerns for the expansion of fascism in the world. Germany was a concerning force that seemingly would expand rapidly thanks to the victory. -
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U.S. Joins the War Effort
The time period where U.S. officially declared war on the Axis powers and was involved in the war directly. -
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 9066 was the order signed by FDR to incarcerate or imprison Japanese citizens who were on the U.S. mainland. They were taken to remote locations, often in the burning desert, and held there until the end of the war. These internment camps often had horrible conditions and the citizens were treated worse. Most of the Japanese citizens in these camps were American born citizens as well. -
Manhattan Project
This project was the start of the end. It was the name of the project to build the atomic bomb, it was created to counter if Hitler or the Axis powers were also creating atomic bombs. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch showed the first major intervention of the U.S. in WW2. It was the allied invasion of French North Africa. -
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Mobilization
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Office of War Mobilization
This government program was in charge of conducting production in America. This program greatly helped organize the citizens in the U.S. and boosted our prowess in production during the time period. -
Island Hopping
Island Hopping is the strategy employed by the U.S. in the Pacific Theatre to further advance into the Japanese mainland. This strategy was where U.S. ships and soldiers would avoid the heavily fortified forts in islands and attack the lighter defended islands. -
D-Day
D-Day is considered the major turning point in the European Theatre. It was the bloodiest battle of WW2 where the Allied powers stormed the Normandy beach in France in hopes of getting an entrance point to retake France. The storming of Normandy and other beaches in the surrounding area worked and allowed the Allied powers to eventually take back France. -
Paris Peace Treaties
These treaties like the Treaty of Versailles officially showed the defeat of the Axis powers, it also allowed them to resume being a sovereign nation, but it also had clauses that made them give up territory and pay reparations.