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Terms. Roberts Report Executive Order 9066 yellow-peril War Relocation Authority (WRA) Topaz (internment camp) Rosie the Riveter. War Begins (Again) 1939-1941. FDR publicly expressed both a desire to stay “neutral” and support for the British & French

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  1. Terms • Roberts Report • Executive Order 9066 • yellow-peril • War Relocation Authority (WRA) • Topaz (internment camp) • Rosie the Riveter

  2. War Begins (Again)1939-1941 • FDR publicly expressed both a desire to stay “neutral” and support for the British & French • Again, arguments were presented by both “isolationists” and “interventionists.” • 1940: FDR won a third term with nearly 55% of the popular vote. • January 1941: FDR’s State of the Union speech emphasized the need for the US to defend “four essential freedoms”: speech/expression, worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

  3. Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: 7 December 1941

  4. Damages • 350 Japanese planes dropped torpedoes and bombs on the US Naval base at Hawaii, known as Pearl Harbor. • 8 US battleships were sunk or severely damaged • 2403 Americans were killed • December 8, 1941: Congress declares war against Japan; only Representative Jeannette Rankin dissented.

  5. War Relocation Authority Camps

  6. Arriving at Topaz

  7. The Terrain

  8. Children at the Camp

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