1. What was required by the Neutrality Acts? Did they succeed in keeping the US neutral 2. Why did Roosevelt ask Congress to pass the Lend Lease Act? 3. What was the relationship between Japan and the US before the attack on Pearl Harbor? 4. How much did President Roosevelt consider American public opinion when deciding how to respond to the conflict in Europe? 5. Why did he need to consider public opinion at all?
DECEMBER 8, 1941
JEANNETTE RANKIN
SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT - 1940
G I ’ s
War production War Related Production 1939 = 2% 1944 = 44% M-1 Carbine 1945 – 6 mil. 161,000/mo. Liberty Ships 200 days 40days
War production By mid-1945 the U.S. had produced 300,000 airplanes 80,000 landing craft 100,000 tanks 5,600 merchant vessels 6,000,000 rifles 41,000,000,000 rounds of ammunition
Workforce
African American Migration ≈ 700,000 left the south North & West Washington Pop. ↑ 35.3% b/w 1940-45
finance
MEATS & CANNED FISH CHEESE & CANNED MILK FATS TYPEWRITERS NYLONS TIRES CARS BICYCLES GAS FUEL OILS & KEROSINE STOVES RUBBER SHOES SUGAR COFFEE PROCESSED FOODS
VICTORY GARDENS
TOTAL WAR recycling Cans Tires Pots & Pans Razor Blades Old Shovels Old Lip-Stick tubes TOTAL WAR
ASSIGNMENT (SORRY) C18s1 DO: 1-4 ALL KEY TERMS (PICT. DICT.)