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Interwar Foreign Policy
The United States shifted its foreign policy drastically in the years that led up to WWII. -
Neutrality Act of 1935
This act imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared a "cash and carry" policy. -
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Military
The U.S., Britain, and Russia worked together to take down Germany and Japan. -
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Mobilization
America mobilized for war by putting its nonessential item making factories into wartime factories. They also got their labor force to focus on the war. -
Lend-Lease Act
This authorized the President to "lend, lease, or otherwise dispose of" wartime goods to Britain or other countries that they thought they needed defense in order to protect America in the long run. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
General Tojo became the Prime Minister of Japan and attacked Pearl Harbor, an American military base in Hawaii -
Island Hopping
This was the American act of going from island to island that Japan owned and this was the way to slowly gain the land that they had conquered. -
Executive Order 9066
This authorized the war department to put Japanese Americans into internment camps on the West Coast because the American Government was afraid of spies. -
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was an American motivation for the war because this was a turning point. The Japanese fleet was severely damaged. (American motivations for war). -
Office of War Information
This controlled the news and promoted patriotism during WWII. They urged companies to connect their products to the war effort. (Propaganda). -
Shoe Rationing
When the Japanese conquered Malaysia and Dutch Indonesia, America lost 97% of their access to rubber. Shoes were rationed to 2 pairs per year, per person. (Opportunities/Economy). -
D-Day
D-Day was the invasion of France and it happened on the Beaches of Normandy. Under the command of General Eisenhower, American, Canadian, and British soldiers and over time, they got France back. -
The Serviceman Readjustment Act
This was known as the GI Bill of Rights and it provided education, job training, medical care, pensions, and mortgage loans for those who had served in the armed forces. (Government Programs). -
Manhattan Project Tested
The Manhattan Project started in 1942 and was headed by J. Robert Oppenheimer. This was the creating of an atomic bomb that would later be used by Japan to end the war.