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Interwar Foreign Policy
The United States shifted its foreign policy drastically in the years that lead up to World War II. -
Neutrality Act of 1935
The Neutrality Act imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared a “cash-and-carry” policy. (international policy shift) -
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Mobilization
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Lend-Lease Act
This authorized the president to "lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of" arms and equipment to Britain or any other country whose defense was considered vital to the security of the United States. (military intervention) -
War Powers Act
This act gave president Roosevelt unprecedented control over all aspects of the war effort. (government program) -
Pearl Harbor - Motivation for War
After Pearl Harbor was attacked, America declared war on Japan. -
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Military
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Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, targeting the U.S. naval fleet and this led to the U.S. entering the war. (war with Japan) -
"Code Talkers"
These were native Navajo speakers that communicated orders to the fleet commanders. Japan was never able to crack this code. (opportunity) -
Executive Order 9066
Authorized the War Department to force Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes and hold them in relocation camps for the rest of the war. -
Rosie the Riveter
A campaign that was designed to get women to help with the war effort. (propaganda) -
Manhattan Project
This was the code name given to the creation and testing of the atomic bomb. -
Island Hopping
The concept that America used against Japan where they took over one island at a time. -
D-Day
U.S. soldiers stormed the beaches at Normandy to take over German-occupied France.