Wwll

World War ll

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    Interwar Foreign Policy

    The United States shifted its foreign policy drastically in the years that lead up to wwll.
  • Hawley Smoot Tariff of 1930

    Hawley Smoot Tariff of 1930

    Was put in place to protect farmers and other industrial workers from competition from foreign parties.
  • Neutrality Act of 1935

    Neutrality Act of 1935

    The neutrality act imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared a "cash and carry" policy.
  • Attack On Pearl Harbor 1941

    Attack On Pearl Harbor 1941

    Was a coordinated attack from the Japanese. Suprise attacked and sunk 8 battleships and killed 2,403 American soldiers. US later declared war on Japan.
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    Mobilization

    Mobilization was a time period of manufacturing power that the world had never seen before.
  • The Bracero Program of 1942

    The Bracero Program of 1942

    This program allowed Mexican workers to legally come work in the US for a permitted amount of time.
  • Uncle Sam Recruitment Poster

    Uncle Sam Recruitment Poster

    Was used to gain recruitment for the armed forces for the war.
  • End of the Depression

    End of the Depression

    During the economical boom during the war, the end of the depression was soon realized.
  • Executive order 9066

    Executive order 9066

    Was the relocation of the Japanese Americans to camps outside of cities. The fear was that many of these Japanese Americans were spies.

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