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Total population: 131,820,000; farm population: 30,840,000; farmers 18% of labor force; Number of farms: 6,102,000; average acres: 175; irrigated acres: 17,942,968
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The Lend-Lease Act is approved, which provided $7 billion in military credits for American manufactured war supplies to Great Britain and other allies
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Disney production's story about a circus elephant with large ears rise to fame.
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A similar Lend-Lease pact approved for the USSR with a $1 billion loan by President Roosevelt.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, commences at 7:55 a.m. when Japanese fighter planes launch a surprise attack on United States soil, destroying the U.S. Pacific Fleet docked at the base. This attack, which took the greatest amount of U.S. naval life in history with 1,177 sailor and marines perishing in the attack, as well as the loss or damage to twenty-one naval ships, led to the entry of American troops into World War II. One day later, the United States of America declar
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The United States of America declares war on Japan, officially entering World War II. On December 11, 1941, the United States declares war on Germany and Italy, responding to their declaration of war against America.
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Executive order 9066 is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, confining 110,000 Japanese Americans, including 75,000 citizens, on the West Coast into relocation camps during World War II. The remains of the first of these detention camps resides in California's Manzanar National Historic Site. These camps would last for three years.
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Spindle Cottonpicker becomes more wide spread, produced commercially.
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Change from horses to tractors and increasing technological practices characterize the second American agricultural revolution; productivity per acre begins sharp rise.
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Frozen foods popularized with the inventions of refregeraters and freezers. By World War II, canned goods were sent to soldiers overseas and Americans were encouraged to purchase frozen foods. Frozen also used fewer ration points than canned, according to the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association's (NFRA) website. Post-war, between 1945 and 1946, Americans bought 800 million pounds of frozen food
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Four hundred thousand mine workers begin to strike, with other industries following their lead.
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US Federal labor law, Taft-Hartley Act, is enacted by Congress.
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aka: Marshall Plan is signed by President Truman to aid European nations ro rebuid their economy after the war. Aprox. $120 billion in current dollar value was given to aid.
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The Soviet Union begins its land blockade of the Allied sectors of Berlin, Germany. A counter blockade by the west was put into effect, as well as a British and U.S. airlift of supplies and food, until both blockades were lifted on September 30, 1949.
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Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in the United States military, is signed into effect by President Harry S. Truman.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organizationis signed.
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11 leaders of the United States Communist party are convicted of advocating a violent insurrection and overthrow of the U.S. government.
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Truman ordered U.S. troops to the aid of South Korea under the command of General Douglas MacArthur.
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Total population: 151,132,000; farm population: 25,058,000; farmers 12.2% of labor force; Number of farms: 5,388,000; average acres: 216; irrigated acres: 25,634,869
