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U.S. trades 50 old destroyers to Britain in exchange for use of eight British Atlantic bases.
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All men aged 18 to 65 were required to register in the war.
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The first drafts are drawn and thousands of men are sent to drill camps.
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US lent money to Britian, who were already under the influence of the war.
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A rally held at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York was attended by many to encourage the US to declare war on Germany.
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On this day, Japanese officials launched an attack on harbor, Pearl Harbor, located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Following this attack, President Franklin Rooselvet declared war on Japan.
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Just over two months after Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the removal from their communities and the subsequent imprisonment of all Americans of Japanese descent who resided on the West Coast.
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US rounded up 120,000 Japanese Americans and sent them to relocation centers, similiar to those Nazis used on Jews.
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In the spring of 1942, May to be exact, US government officials started the rationing process of food. In time of war, supplies were sacred.
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Rosie the Riveter was first introduced by Norman Rockwell to enourage women to participate in the war, whether it be working on plane engines or nurses.
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Scientists at the University of Chicago created the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, this reaction would be used 4 years later as the foundation for the atomic bombs launched upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Race riots broke out across the country in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, and Detriot.
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American women had a drastic role in the war, with men shipped off to fight, the women were essentially supporting the home country. By the mid 1940s women’s role in factory jobs increased from 25 percent to 36 percent.
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Reacting to a rumor that "Zoots" have stabbed a sailor, a crowd of over 500 sailors and civilians retaliate and attack Mexican-American youths leaving a dance in a Venice Beach ballroom.
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The US Supreme Court enacts a wartime curfew on Japanese Americans.
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The American government allows first-generation Japanese Americans to enlist in the war effort.
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American bombers destroy 250,000 buildings and kill 83,000 in massive fire-bombing in Japanese city Tokyo.
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President Truman holds a ceremony to honor Japanese Americans who fought in the war.
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US drops atomic bomb on Japanese city Hiroshima.
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US drops atomic bomb on Japanese city Nagasaki three days after first inital bomb.
