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Pre - War Years

Pre - War Years. Roosevelt Campaigning in Pittsburgh ’40 Prelude to War, FDR Library Films. FDR and Isolationism: Read docs, Kennedy Ch. 34. A, #4: Lindbergh, America First Committee A, #5: NY Times Editorial 1941 B, #1: FDR at press conference 1940 B, #2: Sen. Burton Assails Lend-Lease.

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Pre - War Years

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  1. Pre - War Years • Roosevelt Campaigning in Pittsburgh ’40 • Prelude to War, FDR Library Films

  2. FDR and Isolationism: Read docs, Kennedy Ch. 34 • A, #4: Lindbergh, America First Committee • A, #5: NY Times Editorial 1941 • B, #1: FDR at press conference 1940 • B, #2: Sen. Burton Assails Lend-Lease

  3. Pre- War Years • Neutrality Acts 1935-37 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4. Cash- Carry (Nov. 1937) • Ludlow Amendment • Destroyers for bases deal • Draft (Sept 1940) • US-Japan relations 1939-41

  4. HW: Read One Set and Question: 1. Read the 3 documents in Kennedy, vol 2 on pages 356-359 (Ickes, Togo, Hull) • Was the breakdown in diplomacy inevitable? Why or why not? OR 2. Read the 3 documents in Kennedy, vol 2 on pages 360-363 (Kimmel, Stimson and FDR). • Who is primarily to blame for the failure of preparedness at Pearl Harbor? Why?

  5. Today’s Class • Around the room are several Political Cartoons (mostly Dr. Seuss). You are each being given an explanation of one program that was developed during the WWII war effort. You are to look at the different pictures and try to determine which your program relates to. Then tape it next to the cartoon and be ready to explain it to class.

  6. Homefront in WWII • Office of War Mobilization • National War Labor Board • War Production Board • War Manpower Commission • Price and Wage Controls • Fair Employment Practices Commission • Revenue Act • War Bonds • Office of War Information

  7. Funding • Debt : $50 to 260 billion • Taxation : War Revenue Act • Payroll Deduction • War Bonds • Government expenses

  8. The Minority Experience Navaho Korematsu Dr. Charles Drew NAACP A Philip Randolph Zoot Suiters Fair Employment Practices Committee Detroit Exec Order 9066War Brides Eleanor WAACS WAFS Ex Part Endo

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