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Franklin D Roosevelt is elected president
Franklin D Roosevelt won the election for the 32nd President of the United Stated over Herbert Hoover with 57.4% of the popular vote -
20th Amendment
This Amendment moved the beginning and end date of the President and Vice President's terms, from March 4th to January 20th. It also changed the terms of members of Congress from March 4th, to January 3rd. -
21st Amendment
This Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment by ending a large amount of prohibition, becuase of prohibition's failure to meet its purpose. After the 18th Amendment was ratified, criminals were illegally but successfully selling alcohol to those who wanted it. -
Franklin D Rooselevelt is re-elected
FDR is re-elected for a second term, defeating Alfred Landon with a popular vote of 60.8% -
Axis Powers
Japan (Hirohito) joins Germany (Hitker) and Italy (Mussolini) as the Axis Powers -
Plan Orange
War Plan Orange officially finished and revised. A war stratefy of island hopping -
Cash and Carry
Concept used to keep the US neutral while still trading with belligerent countries -
Franklin D Roosevelt is re-elected
Franklin D Roosevelt is re-elected for a third term with 54.7% of the vote. He was campiagning to not send the troops elsewhere for involvment in foreign wars. -
Lend Lease Act
This was a program was intended to allow the US to sell, transfer, exchange, lend equipment to any country to help it defend itself against the Axis powers. There was a total of 50 billion dollars that went towards this Act, which was divided by 38 countris. -
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a pledge between FDR and the Prime Minister of Great Britian to strive for peace after the war, rather than trying to aquire more territory. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
One the morning of December 7th, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy executed a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base. Unfortunately, 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, 2,403 Americans were killed, and 1,178 others were wounded. The Japanese also sank or damaged all eight US battleships, three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one minelayer. -
Allies
After the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the US(led by FDR), joined France (de Gualle), Great Britain (Churchhill), the Soviet Union (Stalin), China (Zedong) -
Declaration of War
On this day, Congress declared war with Japan. The Senate unanimously approved the resolution, 82-0.
The first Congresswomen, Jeanette Rankin, voted, along with few other congressmen, against the war. She belived that FDR provoked the Japanese attack because he wanted to become involved in the European War with Germany. Some citizens believed this was why women couldn't be national leaders. She was threatened and verbally abused, yet never apologized for her vote. -
General Douglas MacArthur
Douglas was an American General and Field Marshal for the Phillipine Army. He was very important in the Pacific theater and earned the Medal of Honor. -
Rationing
During World War 2, people were only allowed to buy a certain amount of supplies because certain things were in short supply during the war. -
4 Pieces of WWII Propaganda
advertising, postersm comic books, cartoons, leaflets, radio, books, movies, animation, magazines, newspapers, etc. -
Role of Women During the War
Women took on the role of the husband and provider in his absence during the war. They became "Rosie the Riveters" and assembled war equipment for the Allies. -
Executive Order 9066
After the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, FDR signed this order authorizing the removal of anyone from military areas "as deemed necessary or desirable." The Military then made its way to the West Coast, where the majority of the Japenese Americans lived. Internment camps were created for these people to relocate to, and by june, 110,000 lived in them. -
Navajo Code Talkers
The US Army used American Indians to transmit tactical messages secretly in Navajo -
Midway
This battle by the Japanese was intended to eliminate the United States in the Pacific. Their plan was to lur the aircraft carriers into a trap. America was able to predict the attack and to prepare itself, as well as set itself to ambush. After this battle, the japenese could not replace their losses. -
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower retuned to London as commanding general European Theater operations. -
Guadalcanal
This battle was a military campaign fought between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. Guadalcanal marked the transition by the Allies from defensive operations to the strategic offensive in that theatre -
Tuskegee Airmen
First Negro Airforces to participate in American War -
Operation Overlord
D-Day attack of Allied troops on the coast of German-occupied Normandy. The attack succeeded in giving a foothold for further Allied encroachment into continental Europe. -
Leyte Gulf
This was the largest naval battle in history, betweeen the United States and Japan. Japan's plan was to arrive from the West and remove the US from Leyte. The Japanese Navy was defeated. Crippled by their losses, the Battle of Leyte Gulf marked the last time the Japanese Navy would execute large-scale operations during the war. The Allies' victory secured the beachhead on Leyte and opened the door for the liberation of the Philippines. -
Franklin D Roosevelt is re-elected
Franklin Roosevelt is elected to a fourth term with 53.4% of the popular vote. -
Firebombing of Tokyo
Conducted by the US as air raids, firebombing was the use of small bombs on different islands and areas of Japan including urban Tokyo. Led by General Curtis May -
Iwo Jima
This was a major battle where the US fought to take the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese. The US's invasion had a goal to capturing the entire island, including its three airfields. -
Harry Truman Becomes President
Truman became the 33rd President of the United States once FDR's health declined, leading to his death. -
V-E Day/Fall of Berlin
This day was Victory In Europe Day. On April 30th, Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader, committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin. -
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He was one of the people known as "the father of the atomic bomb" for their development of nuclear weapons in WW2. -
Hiroshima
The Enola Gay was the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb, 150,000 Japenese were killed, many buiildings were completely destroyed and much develpoment was wiped out. The Radiation still affects people today -
Nagasaki
The bombing of Nagasaki was conducted by the US in the final stages of World War 2, and was the first and only use of nuclear weapons in wartime. The death toll was 75,000, wiping out many cities and causing Japan to surrender. -
V-J Day
V-J Day stood for Victory over Japan Day. This was when Japan surrendered to the United States in the end of World War 2. -
Manhattan Project
This was a US government research project that produced the first atomic bomb. This got its name from Manhattan being it's central location. Los Alamos, New Mexico held one of two laboratories in the United States where work towards the design of nuclear weapons was undertaken. -
Nuremburg Trials
Trials held by the Allied forces persecuting those affiliated with the Nazi Party -
22nd Amendment
This Amendment limits Presidents to only two four-year terms. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle was the largest assault in the Pacific and last battle in the World War 2. The Japanese executed mass air attacks and resisted using their usually tactics. The US won. -
A. Phillip Randolph's planned march on Washington/ FDR response
The march was designed to desegregate the armed foreces and proved fair job opportunities for blacks. FDR agreed and reissued the order of 8802.
