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The United States shifted its foreign policy drastically in the years that led up to WWII.
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Imposed an embargo on sellings arms to warning countries and declared a "cash and carry" policy -
With Britain not being able to fund cash for arms, Roosevelt persuaded congress to pass the Lend-Lease Act. This authorized the disposal of arms and equipment to Britain or any other country that seemed vital for US security. -
The crucial provocation came from not Germany but instead from Japan, December 7th, 1941 Japanese bombers attacked Pearl Harbor. Killing more than 2400 Americans and heavily destroying battleships. This pushed the US into WWII after Roosevelt pushed congress to declare war against Japan. -
Now tasked with fighting on a global scale, America must shift civilian production to military, in order to raise a large-scale army.
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America's motivation for war was ultimately due to Pearl Harbor, along with this without America's intervention or involvement in the war it was likely thought that the Axis powers would control all of Europe and more. -
A practice or strategy of war that skips over heavily armed or secured islands in order to liberate lighter-armed islands, by doing this it would help in the advancement of their position. -
American military consisted of 16 million who served throughout the war. Without America's involvement/intervention in WWII, the Axis powers would likely succeed and would go on to control all of Europe.
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This order was authorized by FDR which insisted all people (Japanese) deemed to be a threat to the west coast were to be moved into relocation centers farther inland. -
An order called the Mexican Farm Labor Program, allowed millions of Mexican men to work legally in the US under short-term labor contracts. -
America's economy/opportunities during WWII boomed as the mobilization of a rather idle economy took place. The need for more labor increased civilian jobs created. -
With goverment and corporations urging women to take jobs, Rosie the Riveter was created to help encourage new working women. -
The long-awaited invasion of France came on June 6th, 1944 on Normandy beaches. 1.5 million soldiers and thousands of tons of military supplies and equipment flowed into France, leading to the liberation of France. -
Top secret project, the Manhattan Project was the testing of a new weapon: the atomic bomb. The Manhattan Project ended up costing America 2 Billion US dollars and ended in 1945 but as result came the creation of the atomic bomb, this bomb would later be used on the Japanese in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.