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This act lifted the embargo and put the economic nation under "cash-and-carry". The bans on loans remained.
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The Manhattan Project started with scientist including Albert Einstein.
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Bacon, butter, and sugar were rationed.
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The US froze Japanese assets. On August 1 the US established an embargo on oil and gasoline exports to Japan.
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Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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FDR signed executive order 9066, thus allowing exclusion and internment of Japanese Americans from the west coast of the US.
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Occurred in the Pacific theater, US victory. Ended on June 7th.
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Allied forces invaded northern France.
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Victory in Europe Day.
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The American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city Hiroshima. On August 9th Nagasaki was bombed also.
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Victory in Japan Day the Japanese surrender.