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Interwar Foreign Policy
The United States shifted its foreign policy drastically in the years that led 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. -
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Mobilization
The United States began mobilizing in WWII by morphing businesses into military production factories, selling guns and food, and moving in war. -
Executive Order of 8802
This order prohibited discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries of government because of race, creed, color, or natural origin. -
Pearl Harbor and Democracy
The American motivation for war included revenge for Pearl Harbor. The need for disentanglement from European affairs, stopping fascism, and keeping democracy motivated Americans. (1941-present) -
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Military
The United States military was in full force action after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and drafted millions of men. The military use dropped off after D-Day and the dropping of the atomic bomb. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan dropped a bomb on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus dragging the United States into the war, ending in 2,403 -
The War Powers Act
President Roosevelt had unprecedented control over all aspects of the war. Congress passed this act and thus Roosevelt was able to reorganize the executive branch, allowed to censor mail and other forms of communication, etc. -
War Production Board
Awarded defense contracts, allocated scarce resources, and converted private businesses into military production enterprises. -
Office of War Information
The OWI inspired citizens to be pro-war by spreading propaganda ads through the radio and newspapers. The organization inspired citizens and taught patriotism. -
Executive Order of 9066
Authorized War Department to force Japanese Americans from their homes in the West Coast and relocate them into interment camps for the rest of the war -
Manhattan Project
The United States' experimentation and development of the world's first atomic bomb in 3 secret locations across the nation -
Island hopping
A strategic war practice consisting of skipping over heavily fortified islands in order to defend locations and advance to the next -
D-Day
More than 1.5 million soldiers and thousands of tons of military supplies and equipment flowed into France and marking the largest invasion to defeat Germany