WWII US homefront + csq on france

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