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Meanwhile, in the USA. . .

Meanwhile, in the USA. US Isolationism. Americans wanted to stay out of Europe’s wars. FDR wanted to help Britain anyway. U. S. Lend-Lease Act, 1941.

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Meanwhile, in the USA. . .

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  1. Meanwhile, in the USA. . .

  2. US Isolationism Americans wanted to stay out of Europe’s wars. FDR wanted to help Britain anyway

  3. U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941 Great Britain.........................$31 billionSoviet Union..........................$11 billionFrance..................................$3 billionChina..................................$1.5 billionOther European......................$500 millionSouth America.......................$400 millionThe amount totaled: $48,601,365,000

  4. Lend Lease Act FDR sent war materials to foreign countries.

  5. KEY EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES…

  6. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. America enters WWII.December 7, 1941

  7. ECONOMIC GAINS • Unemployment fell to only 1.2% by 1944 and wages rose 35% • Farmers too benefited as production doubled and income tripled

  8. Internment campEXCUTIVE ORDER 9066

  9. Allied Powers The Allies were the USA, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union (USSR). These are called the “big three.”

  10. Internment of Japanese Americans USA was afraid if Japan were to attack the Pacific coast The Government ordered them to move to camps.

  11. Strangely, Japanese Americans served in the Army

  12. TUSKEGEE AIRMEN • Among the brave men who fought in Italy were pilots of the all-black 99th squadron – the Tuskegee Airmen • The pilots made numerous effective strikes against Germany.

  13. Women in workforce…

  14. Rosie the Riveter

  15. WOMEN JOIN THE FIGHT • Under Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) program women worked in non-combat roles such as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, and pilots

  16. Paying for the War

  17. Ration Books

  18. ATOMIC BOMB DEVELOPED • Japan had a huge army that would defend every inch of the Japanese mainland • So Truman decided to use a powerful new weapon developed by scientists working on the Manhattan Project – the Atomic Bomb

  19. The Manhattan Project:Los Alamos, NM 1942 I am become death, the shatterer of worlds! Major GeneralLesley R. Groves Dr. Robert Oppenheimer

  20. Little Boy Fat Man Enola Gay

  21. FDR DIES; TRUMAN PRESIDENT • President Roosevelt did not live to see V-E Day • On April 12, 1945, he suffered a stroke and died– his VP Harry S Truman became the nation’s 33rd president

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