the us enters wwii
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The US Enters WWII. December 7, 1941 “A date which will live in infamy”. Remember…. The US managed to stay out of WWII at first Peacetime draft Be ready for WWII. December 7, 1941. US entered WWII when Japan attacked navy fleet at Pearl Harbor On the island of Oahu in Hawaii - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The US Enters WWII
December 7, 1941 “A date which will live in infamy”
Remember…
• The US managed to stay out of WWII at first– Peacetime draft– Be ready for WWII
December 7, 1941
• US entered WWII when Japan attacked navy fleet at Pearl Harbor– On the island of Oahu in Hawaii– Surprise attack
Entering WWII ended
the Great Depression
Pearl Harbor
• Japanese bombs: – Sank American ships
– Destroyed planes
– More than 2,300 American soldiers, sailors, and civilians were killed
USS ArizonaMore than 1, 100 individuals
went down with the ship.
Roosevelt’s Reaction
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States was suddenly
and deliberately attacked by naval air forces of the Empire of Japan”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqQAf74fsE
End of the Great Depression
• Automobile companies stopped making cars– Started making tanks and military
trucks
• Shipyards operated 24 hours a day– Quicker than Japan and Germany
• Airplane industry biggest industry in 1945 Gave Allies a major
advantage in WWII
Relocation Camps
• Prisonlike camps in which Japanese Americans were held after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
• Executive Order #9066
Changing Roles during WWII
After the US entered the war…• Women took over
jobs men had filled
• “Rosie the Riveter”
• 350,000 women served in military during WWII
• Nurses, pilots, airplane operators, and mechanics
After WWII started…
• Rationing – limiting what Americans could buy, so that more supplies could be sent overseas
• Government coupons for butter, sugar, meat, heating oil, and even gasoline