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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
Was put in place to protect farmers and other industrial workers from competition from foreign parties. -
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
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
This program allowed Mexican workers to legally come work in the US for a permitted amount of time. -
Uncle Sam Recruitment Poster
Was used to gain recruitment for the armed forces for the war. -
End of the Depression
During the economical boom during the war, the end of the depression was soon realized. -
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.