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The United States shifted its foreign policy drastically in the years leading up to World War II.
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The Neutrality Act of 1935 Imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared a "cash and carry" policy. -
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The Lend-Lease Act authorized the president to Lend or lease weapons and equipment to Britain or any other country whose defense was considered vital to the United States. -
Pearl Harbor was when Japan bombed the United States Naval base forcing the United States to declare war. -
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, The United States turns its attention toward preparing for war. The United States declares war on December 11, 1941. -
This image shows wartime propaganda of Rosie the Riveter convincing women to work in the defense industry -
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The War Production Board turned the industrial industry into production for necessary items of war. -
Executive order 9066 authorized the War Department to force Japanese Americans into relocation camps for the rest of the war. -
The Revenue Act expanded the number of people paying income taxes to pay for the war. -
Island Hopping was when the United States attacked multiple undefended Japanese islands to cut off Japanese bases. -
D-Day was when the largest Armada ever assembled of allied forces invaded and took over Normandy, France. -
The Manhattan Project was the creation of atomic bombs that the United States later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.