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Neutraling Acts
prevented future acts of war -
War Production Board
was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II -
"Cash and Carry" plan
a policy requested by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a special session of the United States Congress -
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America First Committee
was the foremost United States isolationist pressure group against the American entry into World War II, stopped 3 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor had brought the war to America. -
Tripartite Pact
known as the Berlin Pact, an agreement between Germany, Japan, and Italy -
Selective Training and Service Act
was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. -
Roosevelt’s “Arsenal of Democracy” speech
Radio broadcast, Roosevelt promised to help the British Empire fight Nazi Germany, give them military supplies while the US stays out of fighting -
Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms Speech
he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom of speech. -
Lend-Lease Ac
Congress authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to 'any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States. -
FEPC
banned “discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed, color, or national origin” signed by Roosevelt. At the same time, the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) was established to help enforce the order. -
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Randolph’s March on Washington
formed in order to protest segregation in the armed forces - See more at: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/march-washington-movement-1941-1947#sthash.J3jHcSHZ.dpuf -
Atlantic Charter
provided a broad statement of U.S. and British war aims, a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill -
Office of Price Administration
established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government, to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II. -
Navaho Talkers/Code Used
code talkers is strongly associated with bilingual Navajo speakers specially recruited during World War II by the Marines to serve in their standard communications units in the Pacific Theater. -
Manhattan Project
research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. -
Bracero Program
when the United States signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement with Mexico. -
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement, CORE was one of the "Big Four" civil rights organizations, along with the SCLC, the SNCC, and the NAACP. -
Zoot Suit Riots
series of riots in LA by white servicemen against Mexican youths and other minorities who were residents of the city -
War Labor Disputes Act
allowed the federal government to seize and operate industries threatened by or under strikes that would interfere with war production,[6] and prohibited unions from making contributions in federal elections. Law passed over Roosevelt’s veto. -
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Tehran Conference/Operation Overlord
meeting between U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehran, Iran, -
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Bretton Woods conference
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 Allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel -
An American Dilemma -The American Creed
study of race relations authored by Swedish Nobel-laureate economist Gunnar Myrdal and funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York -
What the Negro Wants
Rayford W. Logan gathered together essays on the subject “What the Negro Wants” written by fourteen prominent African American intellectuals -
GI Bill of Rights
a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans,The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 -
V-J Day
The day Japan surrendered. -
United Nations
an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation