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Neutrality laws
series of acts passed by congress in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939, sought to ensure that the US would not become entangled again in foreign conflicts (when Europe got more tense : Hitler, Spanish civil war, Mussolini in Africa)
in 1935 forbid arm sales to any army at wart
suggestion of referendum
for the US to declare war on any countries (supported by 70% of the population)
cash and carry
1939 allowed warring nations to purchase non-military goods from the United States as long as they paid in cash and transported the goods on their own ships. The aim of the Cash and Carry policy was to avoid the issues that arose from the arms embargo of the previous Neutrality Acts while still maintaining neutrality.
france attacked
May 1940
lend lease
Lend-Lease was a policy under which the United States supplied Allied nations of WWII with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and 1945. The aid was given free of charge on the basis that such help was essential for the defense of the US
lend lease numbers
A total of $50.1 billion worth of supplies was shipped, or 17% of the total war expenditures of the U.S ($31.4 billion went to the UK)
four freedoms
freedom of speech freedom of worship freedom from want freedom from fear January 1941
Atlantic charters
August 1941
Hitler declares war on US
December 11, 1941
pearl harbor attack
Dec 7 1941 in Oahu
women working bc of war
by 1944 19m women working, 1/2 married
Women's army corps
1943, disbanded 1978
African Americans to fight
+ than 1 million
double V campaign
victory over the axis + over racism (still fight in segregated units)
GI bill
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of June 1944, started baby boom generation
executive order against japanese
9066 of February 1942
WPB
War production Board January 1942
WMC
War Manpower Comission April 19th 1942
OPA
Office of Price Administration August 28th 1941
federal spending increased by
around 1000%
retail prices frozen
90%
ex of propaganda anti japanese
Office of Price Administration
fdr dies
April 12th 1945
bond
type of investment where an investor lends money to an entity, typically a government