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Interwar Foreign Policy
The attempt of the United States to keep economical (trade) connections and prevent future wars. -
Lend-Lease Act
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT: Instead of selling war supplies, the United States allowed nations in need which were "vital to the defense of the United States" to be lended/leased such supplies. (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act-1) -
Pearl Harbor
WAR WITH JAPAN: Military bombing by Japanese aircraft on Pearl Harbor, Honolulu U.S. naval base. Initiates American involvement in WWII. -
Operation Torch
SELECT MILITARY INTERVENTION: First collaboration with Britain and the United States; invasion of northwest Africa
(http://www.worldwar2facts.org/operation-torch.html) -
Executive Order 9066
MOBILIZATION: Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes "removal and incarceration of “any and all persons” from areas of the country deemed vulnerable to attack or sabotage"
(https://americanhistory.si.edu/righting-wrong-japanese-americans-and-world-war-ii/executive-order-9066) -
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Military
U.S. fully in war; measures taken to defeat Nazis. -
Manhattan Project
U.S. first creation of nuclear weapons -
Office of War Information Formed
MOBILIZATION - PROPAGANDA: Source of U.S. propaganda; "boost[ed] wartime production at home and undermine enemy morale in Europe, Asia, and Africa"
(https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goebbels-propaganda/) -
Island-Hopping
U.S. attempt to isolate Japan; moved from island to island while pushing through New Guinea and the Solomon Islands -
D-Day
Normandy landing operations in northern France; "assured victory over the Nazis"
(https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/d-day) -
Fight for Democracy
AMERICAN MOTIVATION: Attempt to end war/suffering for all; fought for democracy + prevention of spread of fascism -
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Mobilization
U.S. entering war; making preparations to avoid defeat. -
Increase in Taxation
OPPORTUNITIES/ECONOMY: Income tax created; war bonds sold; taxes in 1945 increased almost tenfold -
War Production Board Formed
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS: Oversaw war production during WWII.
