U.S. Prepares for War

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U.S. Prepares for War
-Cash and Carry policy begins -Axis Powers
formed -Selective Service begins draft
process -Roosevelt seeks third term -Lend-Lease
policy begun to help supply allies-Arsenal of
Democracy -Atlantic Charter signed between U.S.
and Britain resembles 14 points of Wilson
Four Freedoms https//www.youtube.com/watch?v5iH
KtrirjlY
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Hitlers Mistake
-Battle of Britain has stalled -June 1941
Germany attacks Russia -early success but then
stalemate -Russian winter sets in and halts
advance -Now war is on two fronts

• Fun Facts about Joe Stalin
• Last name means Man of Steel
• Very Paranoid person
• Ordered production of half man/half ape hybrid to
  make the super soldier
• Responsible for the deaths of 20 million
  Russians
• Wasnt really Russian

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U.S. enters the War
-U.S. has embargo on Japan for actions in the
Pacific -U.S. had warning of a possible Japanese
attack somewhere -Dec. 7th, 1941 Pearl Harbor is
attacked day that will live in
infamy https//www.youtube.com/watch?v3VqQAf74fs
E -U.S. declares war on Japan and then Germany,
Italy declare war on U.S.
Pearl Harbor through Ben Afflecks Eyes
REMIX https//www.youtube.com/watch?vW5IwUMCmxD8

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Americans in the Service
-millions volunteered and millions more were
drafted -GIs went to basic training for 8
weeks -Womens Auxiliary Corps thousands
volunteered -Minorities served in segregated
units Tuskegee Airmen
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Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board industries were retooled
to make war materials -Scientists are
mobilized radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb
(Manhattan Project) -women stepped into many war
materials jobs Rosie the Riveter -Entertainmen
t propaganda -newsreels
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Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board industries were retooled
to make war materials -Scientists are
mobilized radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb
(Manhattan Project) -women stepped into many war
materials jobs Rosie the Riveter -Entertainmen
t propaganda -newsreels
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Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board industries were retooled
to make war materials -Scientists are
mobilized radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb
(Manhattan Project) -women stepped into many war
materials jobs Rosie the Riveter -Entertainmen
t propaganda
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Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board industries were retooled
to make war materials -Scientists are
mobilized radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb
(Manhattan Project) -women stepped into many war
materials jobs Rosie the Riveter -Entertainmen
t propaganda
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Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board industries were retooled
to make war materials -Scientists are
mobilized radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb
(Manhattan Project) -women stepped into many war
materials jobs Rosie the Riveter -Entertainmen
t propaganda
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Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board industries were retooled
to make war materials -Scientists are
mobilized radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb
(Manhattan Project) -women stepped into many war
materials jobs Rosie the Riveter -Entertainmen
t propaganda
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Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board industries were retooled
to make war materials -Scientists are
mobilized radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb
(Manhattan Project) -women stepped into many war
materials jobs Rosie the Riveter -Entertainmen
t propaganda
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Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board industries were retooled
to make war materials -Scientists are
mobilized radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb
(Manhattan Project) -women stepped into many war
materials jobs Rosie the Riveter -Entertainmen
t propaganda
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Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board industries were retooled
to make war materials -Scientists are
mobilized radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb
(Manhattan Project) -women stepped into many war
materials jobs Rosie the Riveter -Entertainmen
t propaganda
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Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board industries were retooled
to make war materials -Scientists are
mobilized radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb
(Manhattan Project) -women stepped into many war
materials jobs Rosie the Riveter -Entertainmen
t propaganda
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Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board industries were retooled
to make war materials -Scientists are
mobilized radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb
(Manhattan Project) -women stepped into many war
materials jobs Rosie the Riveter -Entertainmen
t propaganda
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Government Control
-Inflation controlled by price freezes -many
products rationed to conserve resources -income
taxes increased -War Bonds sold -Japanese
Internment Korematsu v. United
States discriminatory policy???
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Government Control
-Inflation controlled by price freezes -many
products rationed to conserve resources -income
taxes increased -War Bonds sold -Japanese
Internment Korematsu v. United
States discriminatory policy???
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Government Control
-Inflation controlled by price freezes -many
products rationed to conserve resources -income
taxes increased -War Bonds sold -Japanese
Internment Korematsu v. United
States discriminatory policy???