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Tripartite Pact
Japan signed this pact with Germany and Italy, FDR instituted a more extensive embargo. -
oil embargo
President Roosevelt placed an embargo on important naval and aviation supplies to Japan such as Oil, iron ore, fuel, steel, and rubber. -
General Tojo comes to power
Became the Japanese Prime minister and focused intently on military expansion but sought to keep the US neutral -
Attempt to negotiate
Japan and the US attempt to negotiate an end to their disagreement but with little success. -
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Rejection on demands
Cordell Hull rejected Japans latest demands. Tojo gave up on peace. the next month Tojo made the decision to deliver a decisive first blow against the US. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese diplomats wrangled in the US capital, Japans navy sailed to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to wipe out the US navy -
US declares war on Germany
because of the germanys invasion, it made some americans doubt the wisdom of the supporting allies. The house voted for war 388 to 1 -
War Production Board
Government set up the War production board to oversee the conversion of peacetime industry to war industry. -
Bataan Death March
75000 allied soldiers surrendered, Japanese forced the sick POWs to march to Bataan. More than 7000 American and Filipino troops died. -
Victory for the US is in reach
Japan and US aircrafts engage in battle, Leading towards a victory for the United States. -
Women's Army Corps (WAC)
Edith Rogers introduced a bill to provide clerical workers, truck drivers, instructors, and lab technicians for the US army. -
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War Ends
the war would last 3 more years, but the dark days of early 1942 were over
