World War II

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    Interwar foreign policy

    The United States shifted its foreign policy drastically in the years leading up to World War II.
  • Neutrality Act of 1935

    Neutrality Act of 1935
    The Neutrality Act of 1935 Imposed an embargo on selling arms to warring countries and declared a "cash and carry" policy.
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    Mobilization

  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act
    The Lend-Lease Act authorized the president to Lend or lease weapons and equipment to Britain or any other country whose defense was considered vital to the United States.
  • Peal Harbor

    Peal Harbor
    Pearl Harbor was when Japan bombed the United States Naval base forcing the United States to declare war.
  • Pear Harbor (Reasons for War)

    Pear Harbor (Reasons for War)
    After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, The United States turns its attention toward preparing for war. The United States declares war on December 11, 1941.
  • Mobilization propaganda

    Mobilization propaganda
    This image shows wartime propaganda of Rosie the Riveter convincing women to work in the defense industry
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    Military

  • War Production Board

    War Production Board
    The War Production Board turned the industrial industry into production for necessary items of war.
  • Executive order 9066

    Executive order 9066
    Executive order 9066 authorized the War Department to force Japanese Americans into relocation camps for the rest of the war.
  • Revenue Act

    Revenue Act
    The Revenue Act expanded the number of people paying income taxes to pay for the war.
  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping
    Island Hopping was when the United States attacked multiple undefended Japanese islands to cut off Japanese bases.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    D-Day was when the largest Armada ever assembled of allied forces invaded and took over Normandy, France.
  • Manhattan Project

    Manhattan Project
    The Manhattan Project was the creation of atomic bombs that the United States later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.