The 1920s & 1930s
The 1920s: The Roaring Twenties
The 1920s
FDR’s New Deal Wagner Act, 1938
Unemployment, 1929-1942
World War II
Totalitarianism: Fascism & Communism
U.S. declaration of war after the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan, 1941 American Neutrality, 1939-1941 Neutrality Acts of 1935-1937 World War 2 begins, 1939 Cash & Carry Policy, 1939 Lend-Lease Act 1941 U.S. declaration of war after the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan, 1941
Changes on the American Home Front War Production Board directed U.S. industry Office of Price Administration fixed priced & created ration books to save resources Office of War Information directed press, print, radio, & film propaganda Mobilization for war
Changes on the American Home Front Impact on women, African Americans, Japanese Americans