Road to War
Isolationism
This provision allowed Allied nations to buy arms from the U.S. if they paid cash and transported supplies on their own ships.
Cash and Carry
The federal government sold over $135 billion of these to American citizens to help finance WWII.
War bonds
Civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph encouraged African Americans to adopt this campaign for victory abroad and victory against discrimination at home.
the Double V Campaign
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces invaded Normandy, France in this operation led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
D-Day
These four totalitarian dictators threatened world peace in the 1920s and 1930s in Italy, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Japan.
Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Hideki Tojo
Passed in March 1941, this act replaced Cash and Carry, allowing the U.S. to provide weapons to nations fighting the Axis powers without immediate payment.
Lend-Lease Act
Created in 1942, this agency oversaw American factories that manufactured 300,000 planes, 100,000 tanks, and naval ships.
the War Production Board
These African American fighter pilots escorted American bombers in Europe and achieved one of the lowest loss rates among fighter groups.
the Tuskegee Airmen
This May 7, 1945 event marked Germany's unconditional surrender and the end of the war in Europe.
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)
This policy adopted by Britain and France did little to stop Germany's aggressive actions in the 1930s.
Appeasement
This 1941 act froze Japanese assets in the U.S. and cut off Japan's oil supply.
Embargo Act of 1941
This secret $2 billion government project was devoted to creating the atomic bomb and was overseen by J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Manhattan Project
Over 200 Navajo Marines transmitted messages in their native language that the Japanese were never able to decode.
Navajo Code Talkers
This 1942 Pacific battle was a turning point that halted Japan's advance and destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers.
Battle of Midway
These acts passed between 1935-1937 prevented U.S. arms sales and loans to nations at war.
Neutrality Acts
On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on this U.S. naval base in Hawaii, killing 2,400 sailors.
Pearl Harbor
This executive order issued by FDR prohibited employers and unions with federal contracts from discriminating based on race.
Executive Order #8802
This symbolic figure represented women who worked in U.S. factories during WWII while men fought overseas.
Rosie the Riveter
He became president in April 1945 after FDR's death and authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan.
Harry Truman
On this date, Hitler invaded Poland, marking the beginning of World War II.
September 1, 1939
FDR described the Pearl Harbor attack with this famous phrase when asking Congress to declare war on December 8, 1941.
"A date which will live in infamy"
In 1942, FDR issues this executive order that allowed the government to relocate 110,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.
Executive Order #9066
In this 1944 Supreme Court case, the Court upheld FDR's Executive Order allowing Japanese American internment camps.
Korematsu v. United States
On August 6 and August 9, 1945, atomic bombs were dropped on these two Japanese cities, leading to Japan's surrender.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki